It came upon the midnight clear

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1. Vers 1

   It came up on the mid night clear, that glo rious song of old, from an gels bending near the earth to touch their harps of gold: "Peace on the earth, good will to men, from heav'n's all gra cious King!" The world in so lemn still ness lay to hear the angels sing.

2. Vers 2

   Still through the clo ven skies they come, with peaceful wings un furled; and still their heav'nly music floats o'er all the wea ry world; a bove its sad and low ly plains they bend on hov'ring wing: and ev er o'er its Ba sounds the bless -èd angels sing.

3. Vers 3

   Yet with the woes of sin and strife the world has suf fered long; be neath the an gel strain have rolled two thou sand years of wrong; and man, at war with man, hears not the lovesong which they bring: O hush the noise, ye men of strife, and hear the an gels sing.

4. Vers 4

   For lo! the days are has tening on, by pro phet bards fore told, when, with the ev ercirc ling years comes round the age of gold; when peace shall ov er all the earth its an cient splen dours fling, and the whole world give back song which now the an gels sing.

Fri att sjunga: Arthur Sullivan dog 1900 och Edmund Sears dog 1876.