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- See, amid the winter's snow,
- .i Edward Caswall (1814-78)
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- See, amid the winter's snow,
- Born for us on earth below,
- See, the Lamb of God appears,
- Promised from eternal years.
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- Hail, thou ever-blessčd morn!
- Hail, redemption's happy dawn!
- Sing through all Jerusalem:
- Christ is born in Bethlehem!
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- Lo, within a manger lies
- He who built the starry skies,
- He who throned in height sublime
- Sits amid the cherubim.
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- Say, ye holy shepherds, say,
- What your joyful news today;
- Wherefore have ye left your sheep
- On the lonely mountain steep?
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- 'As we watched at dead of night,
- Lo, we saw a wondrous light:
- Angels singing, "Peace on earth"
- Told us of the Saviour's birth.'
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- Sacred Infant, all divine,
- What a tender love was Thine,
- Thus to come from highest bliss
- Down to such a world as this!
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- Teach, O teach us, holy Child,
- By Thy face so meek and mild,
- Teach us to resemble Thee
- In Thy sweet humility.
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- Hail, thou ever-blessčd morn!
- Hail, redemption's happy dawn!
- Sing through all Jerusalem:
- Christ is born in Bethlehem!
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