It Came Upon A Midnight Clear
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Bible verses
It Came Upon A Midnight Clear
Verse 1
C
F
C
It
came u
pon a
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
Verse 2
Sti
ll thr
ough t
he cloven skies they come
With
peaceful
wings un
furl
ed,
And s
till th
eir heav
enly music floats
O'e
r all the we
ary world
Above i
ts sad and lowly pla
ins
They
bend on hover
ing wing;
And
ever o'er
its Ba
bel sounds
The
blessed
angels
sing
Verse 3
And
ye, b
eneath
life's crushing load
Whose
forms ar
e bendin
g lo
w,
Who t
oil alo
ng the c
limbing way
Wit
h painful st
eps and s
low
Look no
w! for glad and gold
en hours
Come
swiftly on th
e wing;
O re
st beside
the we
ary road
And
hear the
angels
sing
Verse 4
For
lo th
e days
are hast'ning on
By pr
ophets se
en of ol
d
When
with th
e ever-c
ircling years
Sha
ll come the
time fore
told
When pe
ace shall over all t
he earth
Its a
ncient splend
our fling
And
all the w
orld gi
ve back the song
Whi
ch now th
e angel
s sing
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