See amid the winter's snow

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1. Vers 1

   See, a mid the win ter's snow, born for us on earth be low, see, the ten der Lamb ap pears, pro mised from eter nal years. Hail, thou everblessèd morn! Hail, redemption's happy dawn! Sing through all Jerusalem: “Christ is born in Bethlehem!”

2. Vers 2

   Lo! in a man lies he who built the star skies; he throned in light lime, sits a mid the Cherbim!

3. Vers 3

   "Say, ye ho ly shep herds, say, what your joy ful news to day; where fore have ye left your sheep on the lonely moun tain steep?"

4. Vers 4

   "As watched at dead night, lo, we saw a won light; an sing ing peace earth told us of a Sa birth."

5. Vers 5

   Sa cred in fant, all di vine, what a ten der love was thine, thus to come from high est bliss down to such as world as this!

6. Vers 6

   Teach, teach us, ho child, by thy face so meek mild, teach to re sem thee in thy sweet humi ty.

Fri att sjunga: John Goss dog 1880 och Edward Caswall dog 1878.