Earth Has Many a Noble City by Marcus Aurelius Clemens Prudentius, 5th Cent. STUTTGART—Christian Friedrich Witt, Psalmodia Sacra, Gotha, 1715 Earth Has Many a Noble City 1 Earth Has many a noble city; Bethlehem, Thou dost all excel: Out of Thee the Lord from heaven Came to rule his Israel. 2 Fairer than the sun at morning Was the star that told his birth, To the world its God announcing Seen in fleshly form on earth. 3 Eastern sages at his cradle Make oblations rich and rare; See them give,