Christmas music: day 2

Lyrics:

Hail blessed morn, see the great Mediator

Down from the regions of glory descend

Shepherds go worship the babe in a manger

Lo! For a guard the bright angels attend

Say, shall we yield Him, in costly devotion

Fragrance of Edom and off’rings divine?

Gems of the mountain and pearls of the ocean

Myrrh from the forest, or gold from the mine? 

Brightest and best of sons of the morning

Dawn on our darkness and lend us Thine aid

Star in the East, the horizon adorning

Guide where our infant Redeemer was laid

Vainly we offer each ample oblation

Vainly with gifts would His favor secure

Richer by far is the heart’s adoration

Dearer to God are the prayers of the poor

Brightest and best of sons of the morning

Dawn on our darkness and lend us Thine aid

Star in the East, the horizon adorning

Guide where our infant Redeemer was laid

Cold on His cradle the dewdrops were shining

Low lies His bed with the beasts of the stall

Angels adore Him, in slumbers reclining

Wise men and shepherds before Him do fall

Wise men and shepherds before Him do fall

Brightest and best of sons of the morning

Dawn on our darkness and lend us Thine aid

Star in the East, the horizon adorning

Guide where our infant Redeemer was laid

Brightest and best of sons of the morning

Dawn on our darkness and lend us Thine aid

Star in the East, the horizon adorning

Guide where our infant Redeemer was laid

Guide where our infant Redeemer was laid