It Came Upon a
Midnight Clear

It 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 good will to men
From heaven's all-gracious King

The world in solemn stillness lay
To hear the angels sing

Yet with the woes of sin and strife
The world has suffered long

Beneath the angel strain have rolled
Two thousand years of wrong

​And man at war with man, hears not
The love song which they bring

O hush the noise ye man of strife
And hear the angels sing

And 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 house
Come swiftly on the wing

O rest beside the weary road
And hear the angels sing

For lo the days are hastening on
By prophet bards foretold

When with the ever circling years
Came round the age of gold

When peace shall over all the earth
Its ancient splendors fling

And the whole world gives back the song
Which now the angels sing