"The words ""Myrrh is mine, its bitter perfume breathes of life, of gathering gloom..."" come from which Christmas carol?"
Burial of Jesus appears in cycles of the "Life of Christ", where it follows the Deposition of Christ or the Lamentation of Christ. Since the Renaissance, it has sometimes been combined or conflated with one of these. Notable individual works with articles include: The African-American spiritual "Were you there?" has the line "Were you there when they laid Him in the tomb?" while the Christmas carol "We Three Kings" includes the : <poem> Myrrh is mine, its bitter perfume Breathes a life of gathering gloom; Sorrowing, sighing, bleeding, dying, Sealed in the stone cold tomb. </poem> John Wilbur Chapman's hymn "One Day" interprets
Myrrh cannot now be identified in today's markets. The word "myrrh" corresponds with a common Semitic root "m-r-r" meaning "bitter", as in Aramaic ' and Arabic '. Its name entered the English language from the Hebrew Bible, where it is called ', and later as a Semitic loanword was used in the Greek myth of Myrrha, and later in the Septuagint; in the Ancient Greek language, the related word (') became a general term for perfume. In pharmacy, myrrh is used as an antiseptic in mouthwashes, gargles, and toothpastes. It is also used in some linaments and healing salves that may