It came upon the midnight clear
General information
Lyricist: Edmund Sears.
Settings by composers
- Richard S. Willis SATB or SSAA.
- Arthur Sullivan SATB or SAATB.
Other settings possibly not included in the manual list above
- Peter Smith — Midnight clear
Text and translations
English text
1 It came upon the midnight clear, 2 Still through the cloven skies they come 3 Yet with the woes of sin and strife |
<poem> 4 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 hours Come swiftly on the wing. O rest beside the weary road, And hear the angels sing! 5 For lo! the days are hastening on, By prophet-bards foretold, When with the ever circling years Comes round the age of gold; When peace shall over all the earth Its ancient splendours fling, And the whole world send back the song Which now the angels sing. External links |