Browse Carols: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z # The Angel Chorus 1. On the wintry and lonely hillside, All in the dim starlight, Shepherds over the flock were keeping Watch at the dead of night; When swift angels of light came down, And earth with hosannas rang; Harps of gold and cherubic voices Loudly and cheerly sang At Bethlehem: - [Chorus:] Glory to God in the highest, And on earth peace, good-will to men. 2. Earth was wrapped in a robe of winter; Kindly the new-fall'n snow Drew the veil of a virgin whiteness Pure over guild and woe. Beasts of prey on the frozen mountain, Flocks on the charmed plain, Nature all, in entranced rapture, Listened to that sweet strain From Bethlehem: - Glory to God, 3. Proudly marching along the forum, Priests, with a pompous train, Closed the gates of the Roman Janus Under a C-sar's reign. Every where, and in every nation, War, with its carnage grim, Shouts and groans, and the roar of battle, Ceased for the Angel's hymn At Bethlehem: - Glory to God, 4. Lo! each oracle of the heathen Soon disenchanged proves: Through the gloom of the dark Dodona, Dumb are the oaken groves; Dumb the voice of Apollo's priestess, Delphi is left forlorn; All the realms of the demons tremble, Knowing their Conqueror born At Bethlehem: - Glory to God, 5. Wide and wider at every Christmas Echoes the joyful sound; From Judea the glad good tidings Now run the wide world round. Sing, then, sing, for the listening Angels, Bending on eager wing, Join us now in the royal Chorus They were the first to sing, At Bethlehem: - Glory to God, Browse Carols: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z #