It Came Upon a Midnight Clear

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 the earth goodwill to men

From heavens 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 floats

O'er all the weary world

Above its sad and lowly plain

They bend on hovering wing

And ever o'er its Babel sounds

The blessed angels sing

For lo, the days are hastening on

That prophets bard foretold

When with the ever circling years

Shall come to a time foretold

When peace shall over all the earth

Its ancient splendor bring

And the whole world send back the song

Which now the angels sing

It came upon the midnight clear