Journey of the magi quotes

Question 1

With voices

Answer 1

With voices singing in our ears, saying / That this was all folly

Question 2

There was a

Answer 2

There was a Birth, certainly / We had evidence and no doubt.

Question 3

This Birth

Answer 3

This Birth was / Hard and bitter agony for us, like Death, our death.

Question 4

Just the

Answer 4

Just the worst time of year / For a journey, and such a long journey.

Question 5

And running

Answer 5

And running away, and wanting their women and liquor

Question 6

And the night

Answer 6

And the night fires going out, and the lack of shelters / And the cities hostile and the towns unfriendly / And the villages dirty and charging high prices

Question 7

And three

Answer 7

And three trees on the low horizon / Then we came to a tavern with vine-leaves over the lentil

Question 8

Finding

Answer 8

Finding this place, it was (you might say) satisfactory

Question 9

All this

Answer 9

All this was a long time ago, I remember

Question 10

But no longer

Answer 10

But no longer at ease here in this old dispensation / With an alien people clutching their gods