Text: | Calm on the list'ning ear of night |
Author: | E. H. Sears |
Tune: | ST. AGNES |
Composer: | J. B. Dykes |
1 Calm on the list'ning ear of night
Come heav'n's melodious strains,
Where wild Judea stretches far
Her silver-mantled plains.
2 Celestial choirs from courts above
Shed sacred glories there;
And angels with their sparkling lyres,
Make music on the air.
3 The answering hills of Palestine
Send back the glad reply;
And greet, from all their holy heights,
The Day-Spring from on high.
4 O'er the blue depths of Galilee
There comes a holier calm,
And Sharon waves, in solemn praise,
Her silent groves of palm.
5 "Glory to God!" the sounding skies
Loud with their anthems ring,
"Peace to the earth, good-will to men,
From heaven's eternal King!"
6 Light on thy hills, Jerusalem!
The Saviour now is born!
More bright on Bethlehem's joyous plains
Breaks the first Christmas morn.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Calm on the list'ning ear of night |
Author: | E. H. Sears |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1920 |
Topic: | The Christian Year: Christmas |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | ST. AGNES |
Composer: | J. B. Dykes |
Meter: | C.M. |
Key: | G Major or modal |