Pequena Vila de Belém

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1. Pequena vila de Belém, repousa em teu dormir,
Enquanto os astros lá do céu estão a refulgir.
Porém, nas tuas trevas, resplende eterna luz,
Incomparável, divinal; nasceu o bom Jesus!

2. Da virgem mãe, nasceu Jesus. Vós, anjos, dai a Deus
Louvor, e aos homens proclamai as novas lá dos Céus.
Estrelas matutinas, em hinos de louvor,
Aos anjos e homens proclamai, de Deus, o eterno amor.

3. O santo Infante de Belém, em nossos corações
Habita, faze-os entrever celestiais visões.
Hosana nas alturas! Hosana ao Deus fiel!
Ó, vem, Senhor, em nós morar, eterno Emanuel.

Source: Louvores ao Rei #84

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Author: Phillips Brooks

Brooks, Phillips, D.D., was born at Boston, Dec. 13, 1835, graduated at Harvard College 1855, and was ordained in 1859. Successively Rector of the Church of the Advent, Philadelphia, and Trinity Church, Boston, he became Bishop of Mass. in 1891, and died at Boston in Jan., 1893. His Carol, "O little town of Bethlehem," was written for his Sunday School in 1868, the author having spent Christmas, 1866, at Bethlehem. His hymn, "God hath sent His angels to the earth again," is dated 1877. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907) Go to person page >

Translator: Salomão Ferraz

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First Line:	Pequena vila de Belém
Title:	Pequena Vila de Belém
English Title:	O Little Town of Bethlehem
Author:	Phillips Brooks (1868)
Translator:	Salomão Ferraz (1930)
Meter:	8.6.8.6.7.6.8.6
Language:	Portuguese
Publication Date:	1991
Copyright:	This text may still be under copyright because it was published in 1991.

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ST. LOUIS (Redner)

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