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"Journey of the Magi" is a 43-line poem written in 1927 by T. S. Eliot (1888–1965). It is one of five poems that Eliot contributed for a series of 38 pamphlets by several authors collectively titled the Ariel Poems and released by the British publishing house Faber and Gwyer (later Faber and Faber ).
The first poem that Eliot wrote, "The Journey of the Magi", was released as the eighth in the series in August 1927. [2] For the second, "A Song for Simeon", Eliot turned to an event at the end of Nativity narrative in the Gospel of Luke .
Canticle IV sets the text of the poem "Journey of the Magi" by T. S. Eliot, published in 1927.The poem is narrated by one of the biblical Magi, describing their voyage in retrospect, [3] and tells of the Magi's doubts and frustrations in searching for the new-born Christ Child, and of their subsequent doubts about the significance of the voyage and what they had really seen.
The narrator ends the story by claiming that (in comparison between the biblical figures' wealth with the Dillingham Youngs' possessions) those who sacrifice the things they value for the people they love are as wise as the magi themselves. T.S. Eliot's 1927 poem Journey of the Magi is told from an aged king's point of view.
The first poem that Eliot wrote, "The Journey of the Magi", was printed as the eighth in the series in August 1927. [13] For the second, "A Song for Simeon", Eliot turned to an event at the end of Nativity narrative in the Gospel of Luke. The printing of the poem, the sixteenth in the series, was completed on 24 September 1928.
The text is based on the 1941 Edith Sitwell poem of the same title. Canticle IV: "The Journey of the Magi", Op. 86, was written in 1971 for countertenor, tenor, baritone and piano, with text based on the T. S. Eliot poem "Journey of the Magi". [5] Canticle V: The Death of Saint Narcissus, Op. 89, was written in 1974 in memory of William Plomer.
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The book's title was taken from the closing lines of T. S. Eliot's poem, "Journey of the Magi": We returned to our places, these Kingdoms, But no longer at ease here, in the old dispensation, With an alien people clutching their gods. I should be glad of another death.