How could they have known not to come
On what amounted to pretense? Everything
Their learning held, all their beliefs
Said regal gifts were needful for a king.
The things they brought were left behind,
Doubtless; or maybe traded for bread:
Impecunious Joseph with a family
To feed, a roof to put over his head.
Follow the star to the feast of the Epiphany on 6th January!
BL Add MS 37472, f.r @BLMedieval pic.twitter.com/mXuszwSUKa
— Ennius (@red_loeb) January 5, 2024