| Hark, how all the welkin rings,
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| «Glory to the King of kings;
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| Peace on earth, and mercy mild,
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| God and sinners reconciled!»
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| Joyful, all ye nations, rise,
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| Join the triumph of the skies;
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| Universal nature say,
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| «Christ the Lord is born to-day!»
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| Christ, by highest Heaven ador’d,
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| Christ, the everlasting Lord:
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| Late in time behold him come,
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| Offspring of a Virgin’s womb!
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| Veiled in flesh, the Godhead see,
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| Hail the incarnate deity!
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| Pleased as man with men to appear,
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| Jesus! |
| Our Immanuel here!
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| Hail, the heavenly Prince of Peace!
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| Hail, the Sun of Righteousness!
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| Light and life to all he brings,
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| Risen with healing in his wings.
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| Mild He lays his glory by,
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| Born that man no more may die;
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| Born to raise the sons of earth;
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| Born to give them second birth.
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| Come, Desire of nations, come,
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| Fix in us thy humble home;
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| Rise, the woman’s conquering seed,
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| Bruise in us the serpent’s head.
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| Now display thy saving power,
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| Ruined nature now restore;
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| Now in mystic union join
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| Thine to ours, and ours to thine.
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| Adam’s likeness, Lord, efface;
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| Stamp Thy image in its place.
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| Second Adam from above,
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| Reinstate us in thy love.
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| Let us Thee, though lost, regain,
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| Thee, the life, the inner Man:
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| O! |
| to all thyself impart,
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| Form’d in each believing heart. |