The Cyber Hymnal ‎#293

293. All This Night Bright Angels Sing

1. All this night bright angels sing,
Never was such caroling,
Hark! a voice which loudly cries,
Mortals, mortals, wake and rise.
Lo! to gladness turns your sadness:
From the earth is ris’n a Son,
Shines all night tho’ day be done.

2. Wake, O earth, wake ev’ry thing,
Wake and hear the joy I bring:
Wake and joy; for all this night,
Heav’n and ev’ry twinkling light,
All amazing, still stand gazing,
Angels, pow’rs and all that be,
Wake, and joy this Son to see.

3. Hail! O Son, O blessèd Light,
Sent into this world by night;
Let Thy rays and heav’nly pow’rs,
Shine in these dark souls of ours.
For most duly, Thou art truly
God and Man, we do confess:
Hail, O Sun of Righteousness!

Text Information

• First Line: All this night bright angels sing
• Title: All This Night Bright Angels Sing
• Author: W. Austin, d. 1633
• Language: English
• Source: Carols Old and Carols New, by Charles L. Hutchins (Boston, Massachusetts: Parish Choir, 1916), number 2.
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: [All this night bright angels sing]
• Composer: Arthur Seymour Sullvivan, 1842-1900
• Incipit: 12345 65123 45655
• Key: F Major
• Copyright: Public Domain