The Hymnal ‎#84

84. Calm on the list'ning ear of night

Calm on the listening ear of night
Come heaven's melodious strains,
Where wild Judea stretches far
Her silver-mantled plains.

Celestial choirs from courts above
Shed sacred glories there;
And angels, with their sparkling lyres,
Make music on the air.

The answering hills of Palestine
Send back the glad reply;
And greet, from all their holy heights,
The Dayspring from on high.

O'er the blue depths of Galilee
There comes a holier calm,
And Sharon waves, in solemn praise,
Her silent groves of palm.

"Glory to God!" the sounding skies
Loud with their anthems ring,
"Peace to the earth, good will to men,
From heaven's eternal King!"

Light on thy hills, Jerusalem!
The Savior now is born:
More bright on Bethlehem's joyous plains
Breaks the first Christmas morn.

Text Information

• First Line: Calm on the list'ning ear of night
• Author: Edmund H. Sears (1834)
• Meter: C.M.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1916
• Topic: Christmas

Tune Information

• Name: ST. AGNES
• Composer: John Bacchus Dykes (1866)
• Meter: C.M.
• Incipit: 33323 47155 5322