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  1. See, amid the winter's snow,
  2. .i Edward Caswall (1814-78)
  3. .1
  4. See, amid the winter's snow,
  5. Born for us on earth below,
  6. See, the Lamb of God appears,
  7. Promised from eternal years.
  8. .0
  9. Hail, thou ever-blessčd morn!
  10. Hail, redemption's happy dawn!
  11. Sing through all Jerusalem:
  12. Christ is born in Bethlehem!
  13. .2
  14. Lo, within a manger lies
  15. He who built the starry skies,
  16. He who throned in height sublime
  17. Sits amid the cherubim.
  18. .3
  19. Say, ye holy shepherds, say,
  20. What your joyful news today;
  21. Wherefore have ye left your sheep
  22. On the lonely mountain steep?
  23. .4
  24. 'As we watched at dead of night,
  25. Lo, we saw a wondrous light:
  26. Angels singing, "Peace on earth"
  27. Told us of the Saviour's birth.'
  28. .5
  29. Sacred Infant, all divine,
  30. What a tender love was Thine,
  31. Thus to come from highest bliss
  32. Down to such a world as this!
  33. .6
  34. Teach, O teach us, holy Child,
  35. By Thy face so meek and mild,
  36. Teach us to resemble Thee
  37. In Thy sweet humility.
  38. .0
  39. Hail, thou ever-blessčd morn!
  40. Hail, redemption's happy dawn!
  41. Sing through all Jerusalem:
  42. Christ is born in Bethlehem!
  43. .
  44. ~