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| Text: | The scene arround me disappears |
| Author: | James Montgomery |
The scene arround me disappears,
And, borne to ancient regions,
While Time recals the flight of years,
I see angelic legions
Descending in an orb of light,
Amidst the dark and silent night;
I hear celestial voices.
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"Tidings, glad tidings from above
To every age and nation;
Tidings, glad tidings,--God is love,
To man He sends salvation:
His Son beloved, His only Son,
The work of mercy hath begun;
Give to his name the glory."
Through David's city I am led;
Here all around are sleeping;
A light directs to yon poor shed,
There lonely watch is keeping:
I enter;--ah! what glories shine!
Is this Immanuel's earthly shrine?
Messiah's infant temple?
It is, it is; and I adore
This Stranger meek and lowly,
As saints and seraphs bow before
The throne of God thrice holy:
Faith through the veil of flesh can see
The face of thy Divinity,
My Lord, my God, my Saviour!
| Text Information | |
|---|---|
| First Line: | The scene arround me disappears |
| Title: | The scene arround me disappears |
| Author: | James Montgomery |
| Meter: | 8.7.8.7.8.8.7 |
| Language: | English |
| Publication Date: | 1854 |
| Topic: | Bethlehem; Christ: Birth of |
| Notes: | Public Domain. |
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