See, amid the winter's snow,

Born for us on earth below,

See, the tender Lamb appears,

Promised from eternal years.



Hail, thou ever blessed morn;

Hail, Redemption's happy dawn;

Sing all through Jerusalem,

"Christ is born in Bethlehem!"



Lo! within a manger lies

He who built the starry skies.

He who, throned in height sublime,

Sits amid the Cherubim.



Say, ye holy shepherds, say:

What your joyful news today?

Wherefore have ye left your sheep

On the lonely mountain steep?



"As we watched at dead of night,

Lo! we saw a wondrous light;

Angels, singing 'Peace on earth',

Told us of the Saviour's birth."



Sacred Infant, all divine,

What a tender love was thine

Thus to come from highest bliss

Down to such a world as this.



Teach, O teach us, holy Child,

By thy face so meek and mild,

Teach us to resemble thee

In thy sweet humility.