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+ | subtopics = [[Arthur Seymour Sulliban]], [[Edmund Hamilton Sears]] | | ||
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+ | "It came upon a midnight clear" is a well known [[Christmas carol]]. | ||
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* Tune: Noel | * Tune: Noel | ||
* Meter: DCM | * Meter: DCM | ||
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* Lyricist: Edmund Hamilton Sears (1810 - 1876) | * Lyricist: Edmund Hamilton Sears (1810 - 1876) | ||
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:It came upon the midnight clear, | :It came upon the midnight clear, | ||
:That glorious song of old, | :That glorious song of old, | ||
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:And the whole world send back the song | :And the whole world send back the song | ||
:Which now the angels sing. | :Which now the angels sing. | ||
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*[http://www.hymnswithoutwords.com/hymns/It_came_upon_a_midnight_clear Hymns Without Words - free MP3 download suitable for use in services] | *[http://www.hymnswithoutwords.com/hymns/It_came_upon_a_midnight_clear Hymns Without Words - free MP3 download suitable for use in services] | ||
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[[Category:Carols]] | [[Category:Carols]] |
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"It came upon a midnight clear" is a well known Christmas carol.
Facts
* Tune: Noel * Meter: DCM * Style: Victorian Carol Style: Carol * Composer: Arthur Seymour Sullivan (1842 - 1900) * Lyricist: Edmund Hamilton Sears (1810 - 1876)
Lyrics
- 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, good will to men,
- From Heaven’s all 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 its sad and lowly plains,
- They bend on hovering wing,
- And ever over its Babel sounds
- The blessèd angels sing.
- Yet with the woes of sin and strife
- The world has suffered long;
- Beneath the angel strain have rolled
- Two thousand years of wrong;
- And man, at war with man, hears not
- The love-song which they bring;
- O hush the noise, ye men of strife
- And hear the angels sing.
- And ye, beneath life’s crushing load,
- Whose forms are bending low,
- Who toil along the climbing way
- With painful steps and slow,
- Look now! for glad and golden hours
- Come swiftly on the wing.
- O rest beside the weary road,
- And hear the angels sing!
- For lo! the days are hastening on,
- By prophet-bards foretold,
- When with the ever circling years
- Comes round the age of gold;
- When peace shall over all the earth
- Its ancient splendours fling,
- And the whole world send back the song
- Which now the angels sing.
Quotes
Links
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