Bruce Cockburn It Came Upon The Midnight Clear Lyrics

It Came Upon The Midnight Clear Lyrics

It came upon the midnight clear That glorious song of old From angels bending
near the earth To touch their harps of gold Peace on the earth, goodwill to
men, From heav'n's all gracious king The world in solemn stillness lay To hear
the angels sing 



Still through the cloven skies they come With
peaceful wings unfurled And still their heavenly music floats O'er all the
weary world Above its sad and lowly plains They bend on hovering wings And ever
o'er its Babel sounds The blessed angels sing 



Yet with the woes of
sin and strife The world has suffered long Beneath the angel's ... two thousand
years a ... And man at war with man hears not The love song which they bring O
hush the noise ye men of strife And hear the angels sing 



And ye,
beneath life's crushing load, Whose forms are bending low Who toil along the
climbing way With painful steps and slow Take heart for comfort, love, and hope
Come swiftly on the wing O rest beside the weary road And hear the angels sing




For lo the days are hastening by prophet bards fortold When with
the ever circling years Comes round the age of gold When peace shall o'er all
the earth Its ancient splendours lay And the whole world give back the song
Which now the angels sing