Christmas Morning (Froelich)

Glory’s kiss awoke the morn­ing

Which be­held the Sav­ior’s birth

And with na­ture’s ro­sy dawn­ing

Peace

good-will

was born on earth.

Heaven’s door rolled wide asun­der

Through the gate of pearl and gem

Angels thronged to see this won­der

Earth held Heav­en’s dia­dem.

Ring

O bells

your loud­est

sweet­est

And ye child­ren

shout with glee;

Love the great­est

the comp­let­est

Christmas gave to you and me.

Ring

O bells

ring

O bells

Ring your loud­est

ring your sweet­est

Ring

O bells

ring

O bells

Ring your sweet­est Christ­mas bells!

Olive

myr­tle

pine and laur­el

Weave in beau­te­ous gar­lands fair;

While our voic­es raise a chor­al

Him our love and thanks to bear.

But how poor the gifts we of­fer

Have we aught to give but them?

Yea

our hearts we hum­bly prof­fer

Make them now a Beth­le­hem.