Christmas Carol of the Day, December 22: "It Came Upon a Midnight Clear"
Click to viewIt Came Upon a Midnight ClearIt came upon a 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 plains
They bend on hovering wing,
And ever o'er its Babel sounds
The blessed angels sing.
O ye beneath life's crushing load,
Whose forms are bending low,
Who toil along the climbing way
With painful steps and slow;
Look now, for glad and golden hours
Come swiftly on the wing;
Oh rest beside the weary road
And hear the angels sing.
For lo! the days are hastening on,
By prophets seen of old,
When with the ever-circling years
Shall come the time foretold,
When the new heaven and earth shall own
The Prince of Peace, their King,
And the whole world send back the song
Which now the angels sing.
A medianoche se oyó
A medianoche se oyó aquel dulce refrán
de ángeles que en unión las gratas nuevas dan:
"La paz y buena voluntad del gran Rey celestial".
El mundo en quietud oyó el son angelical.
En gloria vedlos descender, los ángeles de Dios;
el triste mundo oirá su resonante voz.
En las llanuras de Belén se oye su canción,
diciendo que de Dios bajó al mundo redención.
El tiempo ya predicho fue, por siervos del Señor,
y en el mundo reinarán la paz y el amor.
Entonces el Señor será el Príncipe de Paz,
y cantaremos otra vez el canto de solaz.