It came upon the 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 all, 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 hov'ring wing
And ever o'er its babel sounds, the blessed angels sing
And you, beneath life's crushing load, whose forms are bending low
Who toil along the climbing way with painful steps and slow
Hark now! for glad and golden hours come swiftly on the wing
And rest beside the lonesome road, and hear the angels sing
For lo! the days are hast'ning on, by prophets long foretold
When with the ever-circling years comes 'round the age of gold
When peace shall over all the earth its ancient splendors fling
And all the world give back the song which now the angels sing!