It Came Upon a Midnight Clear

(Traditional)

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. 


Still through the cloven skies they come 
With peaceful wings unfurled 
And still their heavenly music floats 
O'er all the weary world; 
Above its sad and lowly plains 
They bend on hovering wing. 
And ever o'er its Babel sounds 
The blessed angels sing. 

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. 
To hear the angels sing.
To hear the angels sing.

This appears on Christmas with You.

Documentation

It Came Upon a Midnight Clear was written by Edmund Hamilton Sears in 1849. The carol started life as a poem written by its author who was a minister living in Massachusetts at the time. The music for It Came Upon A Midnight Clear was composed by American musician Richard Storrs Willis in 1859 who was inspired by the words of the poem

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