Author: E. H. Sears Hymnal: The Finest of the Wheat #41 (1890) Lyrics: 1 Calm on the list’ning ear of night
Come heav’n’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 answering 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.
5 “Glory to God!” the sounding skies
Loud with their anthems ring,—
“Peace to the earth; good-will to men,
From heaven’s eternal King!” Tune Title: CHRISTMAS
Calm on the listening ear of night