It came upon the midnight clear
That glorious song of old
From angels playing near the earth
To touch their harps of gold
Peace on the earth could will two 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
For lo the days are hastening on
By prophet seen of old
When with the ever circling years
Come round the gold
When peace shall over all the earth
It's ancient splendors fling
And the whole world give back the song
Which now the angels sing
