‘Journey of the Magi’ by T. S. Eliot (1888-1965) wrote ‘Journey of the Magi’ in 1927, on a single day, one Sunday after church. You can read the poem here.
‘Journey of the Magi’ is told from the perspective of one of the Magi (commonly known as the ‘Three Wise Men’, though the Bible makes no mention of their number or gender) visiting the infant Christ. The poem examines the implications that the advent of Christ had for the other religions of the time. Eliot converted to Christianity in 1927, the same year he wrote ‘Journey of the Magi’, so this was an apt poem for him to have written shortly after his acceptance into the Church of England. Here it is read by the incomparable Sir Alec Guinness:
