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.
I love this 12thc carving of the Magi. The angel's gentleness so touching, and I always think, I must crochet that blanket! #Epiphany pic.twitter.com/ylrDkeaNfm
— Elizabeth Foy (@elizabethfoy13) January 5, 2017