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 # Upon The Snow-Clad Earth Without 1. Upon the snow-clad earth without, The stars are shining bright. As Heav'n had hung out all her lamps To hail our festal night; For on this night, long years ago, The Blessed Babe was born, The saints of old were wont to keep Their vigil until morn. 2. 'Twas in the days when far and wide Men owned the Caesar's sway, That his decree went forth, that all A certain tax should pay. Then from their home in Nazareth's vale Obedient to the same, With Mary, his espoused wife, The saintly Joseph came. 3. A stable and a manger, where The oxen lowed around, Was all the shelter Bethlehem gave, The welcome that they found! Yet blessed among women was That holy mother-maid, Who on that night her First-born Son There in the manger laid. 4. In swaddling bands she wrapped Him And smooth'd His couch of straw, round While unseen Angels watched beside, In mute, adoring awe. How softly did they fold their winds Beneath that star-lit shed, While eastern Sages from afar The new-born radiance led! 5. And thus it is, from age to age, That as this night comes round, So sweetly, underneath the moon, The Christmas carols sound. Because to us a Child is born, Our Brother, and our King, Angels in Heaven, and we on earth, Our joyful anthems sing. 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 #