SEE, AMID THE WINTER'S SNOW

See, amid the winter's snow,

Born for us on earth below,

See, the Lamb of God appears,

Promised from eternal years.

Hail, Thou ever-blessèd morn!

Hail, redemption's happy dawn!

Sing through all 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.