It Came Upon The Midnight Clear – Canções de Natal – letras

It came upon the midnight clear,That glorious song of old,From angels bending near the earthWith news of joy foretold, »Peace on the earth, good will to menFrom heaven’s all gracious King. »The world in solemn stillness lay,To hear the angels sing.Still through the cloven skies they come,Love’s banner all unfurled;And still their heavenly music floatsOver all the weary world.Above its sad and lowly plainsOld echoes plaintive ring,And ever over its Babel soundsThe blessed angels sing.Yet with the woes of sin and strifeThe world has suffered long;Beneath the Angel-strain have rolledTwo thousand years of wrong;And man at war with man hears notThe love-song which they bring;O! hush the noise, ye men of strife,And hear the Angels sing.O ye, beneath life’s crushing loadWhose forms are bending low,Who toil along the climbing wayWith painful steps and slow;Look now! for glad and golden hoursCome swiftly on the wing;O rest beside the weary roadAnd hear the angels sing.For lo! the days are hastening on,By prophets seen of old,When with the ever-circling yearsShall come the time foretold,When the new heaven and earth shall ownThe Prince of Peace their King,And the whole world send back the songWhich now the angels sing