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... an angel of the LORD came down and glory shone around .
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On Christmas night all Christians sing to hear the news the angels bring ...
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... this child, though weak in infancy, our joy and confidence shall be ...
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Lo, how a rose e'er blooming from tender stem hath sprung ! ...
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O, sisters, too, how may we do ... ?
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... his wings as drifted snow, his eyes as flame ...
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... and at His blessed birth, the stars their exultation voiced ...
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... in Bethlehem upon that morn, there was a blessed Messiah born .
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... shepherds come to praise Him, oxen kneel before Him ...
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'Twas in the moon of winter-time when all the birds had fled ...
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... that blessed bairn so loving and kind, shall now rejoice both heart and mind ...
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... earth stood hard as iron, water like a stone ...
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As with gladness, men of old did the guiding star behold ...
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On December five and twenty — fum, fum, fum ...
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There’s a star in the East on Christmas morn: rise up shepherd and follow ! ...
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Bring a torch, Jeanette, Isabella ...
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Hills of the North, rejoice, river and mountain-spring …
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O glistening star that heralds a new dawning …
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Brightest and best of the stars of the morning …
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... the watchmen on the heights are crying: "Awake, Jerusalem, arise !" ...
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Here we come a-wassailing among the leaves so green ...
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... swift are winging angels singing, noels ringing, tidings bringing ...
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... there was no room found in the inn: (It is the star of Bethlehem!) ...
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Once in royal David's city stood a lowly cattle shed ...
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BONUS: ... hodie in terra canunt Angeli , laetantur Archangeli ...
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