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- It came upon the midnight clear
- .i E H Sears (1810-76)
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- It came upon the midnight clear,
- That glorious song of old,
- From angels bending
- near the earth
- To touch their harps of gold:
- 'Peace on the earth,
- goodwill to men
- From heaven's all gracious King!'
- The world in solemn stillness lay
- To hear the angels sing.
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- .2
- With sorrow brought by
- sin and strife
- The world has suffered long,
- and, since the angels sang,
- have passed
- Two thousand years of wrong;
- And man, at war with man,
- hears not
- The love-song which they bring:
- O hush the noise, you men of strife,
- And hear the angels sing.
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- .3
- And those whose journey
- now is hard,
- whose hope is burning low,
- who tread the rocky path of life
- with painful steps and slow:
- O listen to the news of love
- which makes the heavens ring!
- O rest beside the weary road
- and hear the angels sing!
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- .4
- And still the days are hastening on-
- by prohets seen of old-
- towards the fulness of the time
- when comes the age foretold:
- then earth and heaven renewed shall see
- the Prince of Peace, their king;
- and all the world repeat the song
- which now the angels sing.
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- ~