IT CAME UPON A MIDNIGHT CLEAR
(G) WORDS -1849 MUSIC-1850
IT CAME UPON A MIDNIGHT CLEAR, THAT GLORIOUS SONG OF OLD, FROM ANGELS BENDING NEAR THE EARTH,
TO TOUCH THEIR HARPS OF GOLD.
“PEACE ON THE EARTH, GOOD WILL TO MEN
FROM HEAVEN’S MOST GRACIOUS KING.“ THE WORLD IN SOLEMN STILLNESS LAY TO HEAR THE ANGELS SING.
STILL THROUGH THE CLOVEN SKIES THEY COME,
WITH PEACEFUL WINGS UNFURLED. AND STILL THEIR HEAVENLY MUSIC FLOATS O’ER ALL THE WEARY WORLD.
ABOVE IT’S SAD AND LOWLY PLAINS, THEY BEND ON HOV’RING WING. AND EVER O’ER ITS BABEL SOUNDS, THE BLESSED ANGELS SING.
195. IT CAME UPON A MIDNIGHT CLEAR
WORDS -■ 1849 MUSIC -■ 1850
IT CAME UPON A MIDNIGHT CLEAR,
THAT GLORIOUS SONG OF OLD,
FROM ANGELS BENDING NEAR THE EARTH,
TO TOUCH THEIR HARPS OF GOLD.
“PEACE ON THE EARTH,
GOOD WILL TO MEN
FROM HEAVEN’S MOST GRACIOUS KING.”
THE WORLD IN SOLEMN STILLNESS LAY
TO HEAR THE ANGELS SING.
STILL THROUGH THE CLOVEN SKIES
THEY COME,
WITH PEACEFUL WINGS UNFURLED.
AND STILL THEIR HEAVENLY MUSIC FLOATS
O’ER ALL THE WEARY WORLD.
ABOVE IT’S SAD AND LOWLY PLAINS,
THEY BEND ON HOV’RING WING.
AND EVER O’ER ITS BABEL SOUNDS,
THE BLESSED ANGELS SING.
