It Came upon the Midnight Clear

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1. It came up - on the mid - night clear, That glo - rious song of old,
2. Yet with the woes of sin and strife The world has suf - fered long,
3. All ye, be - neath life's cru - shing load, Whose forms are ben - ding low,

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4. For lo! the days are hast' - ning on, By pro - phet bards fore - told,

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From an - gels ben - ding near the earth, To touch their harps of gold:
Be - neath the an - gel strain have rolled Two thou - sand years of wrong;
Who toil a - long the climb - ing way With pain - ful steps and slow,

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When with the ev - er - cir - cling years Comes round the age of gold;
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"Peace on the earth, good will to men," From heav'n's all - gra - cious King.
And man, at war with man, hears not The love song which they bring:
Look now! for glad and gol - den hours Come swift - ly on the wing:

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When peace shall o - ver all the earth Its an - cient splen - dors fling,
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The world in so - lemn still - ness lay, To hear the an - gels sing.
O hush the noise, ye men of strife, And hear the an - gels sing!
O rest be - side the wea - ry road, And hear the an - gels sing!

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And the whole world give back the song Which now the an - gels sing.
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Text: Edmund H. Sears, 1810-1876 CAROL
Tune: Richard Storrs Willis, 1819-1900 www.hymnary.org/text/it_came_upon_the_midnight_clear

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