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Text: | Hark! the herald angels sing |
Author: | Charles Wesley, 1707-88 |
Tune: | MENDELSSOHN |
Composer: | Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, 1809-47 |
1 Hark! the herald angels sing
Glory to the new-born King;
Peace on earth and mercy mild,
God and sinners reconciled:
Joyful all ye nations rise,
Join the triumph of the skies,
With the angelic host proclaim,
Christ is born in Bethlehem:
Refrain:
Hark! the herald angels sing
Glory to the new-born King.
2 Christ, by highest heaven adored,
Christ, the everlasting Lord,
Late in time behold him come
Offspring of a Virgin's womb!
Veiled in flesh the Godhead see,
Hail the incarnate Deity!
Pleased as man with man to dwell,
Jesus, our Emmanuel: [Refrain]
3 Hail the heaven-born Prince of peace!
Hail the Sun of Righteousness!
Light and life to all he brings,
Risen with healing in his wings;
Mild he lays his glory by,
Born that man no more may die,
Born to raise the sons of earth,
Born to give them second birth: [Refrain]
4 *Come, Desire of nations, come,
Fix in us thy humble home;
Rise, the woman's conquering Seed,
Bruise in us the serpent's head;
Now display thy saving power,
Ruined nature now restore,
Now in mystic union join
Thine to ours, and ours to thine: [Refrain]
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Hark! the herald angels sing |
Author: | Charles Wesley, 1707-88 |
Refrain First Line: | Hark! the herald angels sing |
Meter: | 7777 7777 77 |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1986 |
Topic: | The Christian Year: Christmas |
Notes: | Other authors also |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | MENDELSSOHN |
Composer: | Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, 1809-47 |
Meter: | 7777 7777 77 |
Key: | G Major |
Source: | From a chorus by Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy |