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IT CAME UPON THE MIDNIGHT CLEAR
Edwin H. Sears, Richard S. Willis
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 earth, good will to men,
From heav'n's gracious King;"
The world in solemn stillness lay to hear the angels sing.
Still thro' the cloven skies they come, With peaceful wings unfurled;
And still their heav'nly music floats O'er all the weary world.
Above it's sad and lowly plans, They bend on hov'ring wing,
And ever o'er it's Babel sounds, The blessed angels sing.
For lo! the days are hast'ning on, By prophets seen of old,
When the ever circling years shall come the time foretold,
When the new heav'n and earth shall own The Prince of Peace their King,
And the whole world send back the song which now the angels sing.
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