Text:Chime, Happy Christmas Bells, Once More
Author:Nicolai Frederik Severin Grundtvig, (1783-1872)
Translator:Dr. Charles Porterfield Krauth
Tune:DET KIMER NU TIL JULEFEST. (EMMANUEL)
Composer:C. Balle

31. Chime, Happy Christmas Bells, Once More

1 Chime, happy Christmas bells, once more,
The heav'nly Guest is at the door,
The blessed words the shepherds thrill,
The joyous tidings, "Peace, good will."

2 O let us go with quiet mind,
The gentle Babe with shepherds find,
To gaze on Him who gladdens them,
The loveliest flower of Jesse's stem.

3 The lowly Saviour meekly lies,
Laid off the splendor of the skies;
No crown bedecks His forehead fair,
No pearl, nor gem, nor silk is there.

4 O holy Child, Thy manger gleams
Till earth and heaven glow with it beams,
Till midnight turns to brightest noon,
And Jacob's Star outshines the sun.

5 Come, Jesus, glorious heavenly Guest,
Keep Thine own Christmas in our breast,
Then David's harp-strings, hushed so long,
Shall swell our jubilee of song.

Amen.

Text Information
First Line: Chime, happy Christmas bells, once more
Title: Chime, Happy Christmas Bells, Once More
Author: Nicolai Frederik Severin Grundtvig, (1783-1872)
Translator: Dr. Charles Porterfield Krauth
Meter: L. M.
Language: English
Publication Date: 1937
Topic: Church Year: Christmas; Christmas Day
Tune Information
Name: DET KIMER NU TIL JULEFEST. (EMMANUEL)
Composer: C. Balle (1860)
Meter: L. M.
Key: E Major
Source: Danish



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