Uploaded December 2017 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago

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It Came Upon the Midnight Clear
arr. Anne Janelle

It came upon the midnight clear,
That glorious song of old,
While 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.

Still through the cloven skies they come,
With peaceful wings unfurled,
And still their heavenly music sounds
O'er all the weary world;
Above, above its sad,
Sad and lowly, lowly plains,
They bend on hovering wing,
And ever o'er its babel sounds
The blessed angels sing.

O ye, beneath life's crushing load,
Whose forms are bending low,
Who toil along the climbing way
With painful steps and slow,
Look now, look now! For glad,
Glad and golden, golden hours
Come swiftly on the wing.
O rest beside the weary road,
And hear the angels sing!