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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.