The Queen of Heaven (song )

The Queen of Heaven is not arrayed
Nor robed for Heav'n's delight
But lies she wrapped in meaner cloth
Illum'd by stable's light

Her bower is not with riches strewn
Nor crown upon her head
But she is queen of heav'n this night
Her court by angels led

No handmaid waits upon her hour
A stable is her hall
And keeping watch throughout her trial
The creatures of the stall

In silence waits the aching world
For it's Redeemer's cry
Her pain brings forth God's only son
His birthstar lights the sky

The future dimmed so none may see
The sacrifice ahead
For now her child in innocence
laid in a manger'd bed

She brings a King into the world
And Kings before him bow
And in our turn we homage pay
Her child, our savior now