[C     F     C]             n                It came upon a midnight clear n                      [F        D7      G7] n                That glorious song of old n                     [C       F      C]             n                From angels bending near the earth n                     [F          G7       C]   n                To touch their harps of gold n                       [E7]                   AM         n                "Peace on the earth,  good will to men n                       [G       D7          G]      n                From heaven's all gracious King;" n                     [C        F      C]             n                The world in solemn stillness lay, n                    [F        G7     C] n                To hear the angels sing n n                Still through the cloven skies they come n                With peaceful wings unfurled, n                And still their heavenly music floats	 n                O'er all the weary world n                Above its sad and lowly plains n                They bend on hovering wing; n                And ever o'er its Babel sounds n                The blessed angels sing. n n                O ye, beneath life's crushing load n                Whose forms are bending low, n                Who toil along the climbing way n                With painful steps and slow n                Look now! for glad and golden hours n                Come swiftly on the wing; n                O rest beside the weary road n                And hear the angels sing n n nEdmund H. Sears n1849 n n