A First Series of Hymns and Songs/Catholic Hymns/Christmas Hymn (II.)
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,
Sing the Babe of 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.