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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, goodwill to men
from heavens 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
o 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;
oh rest beside the weary road
and hear the angels sing
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nun singet und seid froh
02:55
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stars of ice
03:36
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stars of ice, wheel of moonlight bright,
shine on sheep with silvery light,
humble shepherds chatting, circled 'round,
sit content on grassy heights.
sudden light! hark, the angels sing!
shepherds crouch in awe,
'mid the cluds the angels proclaim:
"god's child is born in bethlehem".
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the cold earth slept below;
above the cold sky shone;
and all around,
with a chilling sound,
from caves of ice and fields of snow
the breath of night like death did flow
beneath the sinking moon.
the wintry hedge was black;
the green grass was not seen;
the birds did rest
on the bare thorn’s breast,
whose roots, beside the pathway track,
had bound their folds o’er many a crack
which the frost had made between.
thine eyes glow’d in the glare
of the moon’s dying light;
as a fen-fire’s beam
on a sluggish stream
gleams dimly—so the moon shone there,
and it yellow’d the strings of thy tangled hair,
that shook in the wind of night.
the moon made thy lips pale, beloved;
the wind made thy bosom chill;
the night did shed
on thy dear head
its frozen dew, and thou didst lie
where the bitter breath of the naked sky
might visit thee at will.
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hark!
00:30
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saint nick
03:34
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merah & thom Toronto, Ontario
mara & tom reimagined familiar winter carols and hymns so you can reimagine what this season means to you
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