Catholic Hymns (1860)/Christmas Hymn (II.)

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2011654Catholic Hymns — Christmas Hymn1860Edward Caswall
5.

Christmas Hymn.
(ii.)

See amid the winter's snow,
Born for us on earth below,
See the tender Lamb appears,
Promis'd from eternal years.
Hail, thou ever-blessed morn!
Hail, redemption's happy dawn!
Sing through all Jerusalem,
Christ is born in Bethlehem!

Lo, within a manger lies
He who built the starry skies;
He who, thron'd in height sublime,
Sits amid the cherubim.
Hail, &c.

"Say, ye holy shepherds, say
What your joyful news to-day?
Wherefore have ye left your sheep
On the lonely mountain steep?"
Hail, &c.

"As we watch'd at dead of night,
Lo! we saw a wondrous light;
Angels singing, 'Peace on earth,'
Told us of the Saviour's birth."
Hail, &c.

Sacred Infant! all divine!
What a tender love was Thine,
Thus to come from highest bliss
Down to such a world as this!
Hail, &c.

Teach, oh, teach us, holy Child,
By Thy face so meek and mild;
Teach us to resemble thee
In Thy sweet humility.
Hail, &c.

Virgin Mother! Mary blest!
By the joys that fill thy breast,
Pray for us, that we may prove
Worthy of the Saviour's love
Hail,&c.