Text: | Calm on the listening ear of night |
Author: | Edmund H. Sears |
Tune: | NEWBOLD |
Composer: | George Kingsley |
1 Calm on the listening ear of night
Come heaven's melodious strains,
Where wild Judea stretches far
Her silver-mantled plains,
Her silver-mantled plains.
2 Celestial choirs, from courts above,
Shed sacred glories there,
And angels, with their sparkling lyres,
Make music on the air,
Make music on the air.
3 The joyous hills of Palestine
Send back the glad reply,
And greet, from all their holy heights,
The Day-spring from on high,
The Day-spring from on high.
4 O'er the blue depths of Galilee
There comes a holier calm,
And Sharon waves, in solemn praise,
Her silent groves of palm,
Her silent groves of palm.
5 "Glory to God!" the sounding skies
Aloud with anthems ring;
"Peace to the earth, good will to men,
From heaven's eternal King!
From heaven's eternal King!"
Amen.
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First Line: | Calm on the listening ear of night |
Author: | Edmund H. Sears (1834) |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1899 |
Topic: | Angels; Christ: First Advent; Christ: Day-star(1 more...) |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | NEWBOLD |
Composer: | George Kingsley |
Meter: | C. M. |