See amid the Winter's Snow
Christmas at King's*
See amid the Winter's Snow ist auch als 'Hymn for Christmas Day' und 'The Hymn for Christmas' bekannt. Der Text stammt von Edward Caswall (1814 bis 1878), der kurz zuvor die Church of England verlassen und sich der katholischen Bewegung Oxford Movement angeschlossen hatte. Die Melodie schrieb John Goss (1800 bis 1880).
Liedtext: See amid the Winter's Snow
Born for us on Earth below,
See, the tender Lamb appears,
Promised from eternal years.
Refrain:
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, throned in height sublime,
Sits among the cherubim.
Refrain
Say, ye holy shepherds, say,
What your joyful news today;
Wherefore have ye left your sheep
On the lonely mountain steep?
Refrain
"As we watched at dead of night,
Lo, we saw a wondrous light:
Angels singing 'Peace On Earth'
Told us of the Saviour's birth."
Refrain
Sacred Infant, all divine,
What a tender love was Thine,
Thus to come from highest bliss
Down to such a world as this.
Refrain
Teach, O teach us, Holy Child,
By Thy face so meek and mild,
Teach us to resemble Thee,
In Thy sweet humility.
Refrain
See amid the Winter's Snow anhören
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