Hymns and Devotions for Daily Worship ‎#25c

25c. What sweeter music can we bring

1. What sweeter music can we bring
Than a bright carol, for to sing
The birth of this, our heavenly King?
Awake the voice! Awake the string!

Refrain:
We see him come and know him ours,
Who with his sunshine and his showers
Turns all the patient ground to flowers.

2. Dark and dull night, fly hence away,
And give the honor to this day,
Which sees December turned to May;
If we may ask the reason, say: [Refrain]

3. The darling of the world is come,
And fit it is we find a room
To welcome him. The nobler part
Of all the house, here is the heart: [Refrain]

4. Thus we will give him and bequeath
This holly and this ivy wreath
To do him honor, who’s our King
And Lord of all this revelling: [Refrain]

Text Information

• First Line: What sweeter music can we bring
• Author: Robert Herrick (1647)
• Adapter: Percy Dearmer (1928)
• Refrain First Line: We see him come and know him ours
• Meter: 8.8.8.8 with refrain
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2024
• Scripture:
  Titus 2:11-13
• Topic: Christmas Day
• Notes: Text by Robert Herrick, from His Noble Numbers (1647), adapt. by Percy Dearmer for The Oxford Book of Carols (1928).

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