Lyrics Hark! the Herald Angel, It Came Upon a Midnight Clear - Bing Crosby

Hark! the Herald Angel, It Came Upon a Midnight Clear

Hark! the herald angels sing,\n«Glory to the new-born King!\nPeace on earth, and mercy mild,\nGod and sinners reconciled.»\nJoyful, all ye nations, rise,\nJoin the triumph of the skies,\nWith th' angelic host proclaim,\n«Christ is born in Bethlehem.»\nHark! the herald angels sing,\n«Glory to the new-born King!\nChrist, by highest heaven adored,\nChrist, the everlasting Lord,\nLate in time behold him come,\nOffspring of the favored one.\nVeiled in flesh, the Godhead see,\nHail, th’incarnate Deity,\nPleased, as man, with men to dwell,\nJesus, our Emmanuel!\nHark! the herald angels sing,\n«Glory to the new-born King!\nHail! the heaven-born\nPrince of peace!\nHail! the Son of Righteousness!\nLight and life to all he brings,\nRisen with healing in his wings\nMild he lays his glory by,\nBorn that man no more may die,\nBorn to raise the son of earth,\nBorn to give them second birth.\nHark! the herald angels sing,\n«Glory to the new-born King!»\nIt came upon a midnight clear that glorious song of old\nFrom angels bending near the earth to touch their harps of gold\nPeace on the earth goodwill to men from heav’n all gracious King\nThe world in solemn stillness lay to hear the angels sing\nFor lo the days are hast’ning on by prophets seen of old\nWhen with the ever circling years shall come the time foretold\nWhen the new heav’n and earth shall on the Prince of peace their king\nAnd the whole world send back the song which now the angels sing\nStill through the cloven skies they come with peaceful wings unfurled\nAnd still their heavenly music floats o’er all the weary world\nAbove its sad and lowly plains they bend on hovering wing\nAnd ever o’er its Babel sounds the blessed angels sing\nYet with the woes of sin and strife the world has suffered long\nBeneath the heavenly strain have rolled two thousand years of wrong\nAnd man at war with man hears not the tidings which they bring\nO hush the noise ye men of strife and hear the angels sing\nO ye, beneath life’s crushing load whose forms are bending low\nWho toil along the climbing way with painful steps and slow\nLook now for glad and golden hours come swiftly on the wing\nO rest beside the weary road and hear the angels sing\nFor lo the days are hastening on by prophets seen of old\nWhen with the ever circling years shall come the time foretold\nWhen peace shall over all the earth its ancient splendors fling\nAnd the whole world give back the song which now the angels sing