Hark! Hear Ye Not the Angel Song?

lyricist: Godfrey Thring, 1874
Composer: Joseph Sweetser, 1865

Hark! hear ye not the an­gel song

The hills of Beth­le­hem among?

To you

this day

th’in­car­nate Word

To you

the ev­er­last­ing Lord.

To you

on earth

this hap­py morn

To you the Prince of Peace is born

Whilst Heav’n re-ech­oes yet again

Peace—peace on earth

good will to men.

Thus an­gels sang

and thus sing we

To God on high all glo­ry be

Let Him on earth His peace be­stow

And un­to men His fa­vor show.

For dead in­deed must be the heart

Thrice dead

which will not bear a part

And with the an­gel choir pro­claim

A Sav­ior born in Beth­le­hem.

Then men and maid­ens

young and old

Come join the shep­herds at the fold

And sing­ing list

and list­en­ing sing

A car­ol to our new­born king.

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