It Came Upon a Midnight Clear

 
[Verse 1]
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It came upon a midnight clear
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That glorious song of old
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From angels bending near the earth
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To touch their harps of gold
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"Peace on the earth, good will to men
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From heaven's all gracious King;"
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The world in solemn stillness lay,
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To hear the angels sing
 
[Verse 2]
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Still through the cloven skies they come
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With peaceful wings unfurled,
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And still their heavenly music floats
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O'er all the weary world
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Above its sad and lowly plains
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They bend on hovering wing;
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And ever o'er its Babel sounds
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The blessed angels sing.
 
[Verse 3]
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O ye, beneath life's crushing load
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Whose forms are bending low,
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Who toil along the climbing way
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With painful steps and slow
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Look now! for glad and golden hours
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Come swiftly on the wing;
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O rest beside the weary road
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And hear the angels sing
 
[Verse 4]
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For lo!  The days are hastening on
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by prophets seen of old
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When with the ever-circling years
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shall come the time foretold
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When peace shall over all the earth
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its ancient splendors fling
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And the whole world send back the song
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which now the angels sing!