Lo, within a manger lies, He who built the starry skies,
He who, throned in height sublime, sits amid the cherubim.

Say, ye Holy shepherds, say, what your joyful news today;
Wherefore have ye left your sheep, on the lonely mountain steep?

As we watched at dead of night, lo, we saw a wondrous light:
Angels, singing “Peace on Earth,” told us of the Saviour’s birth.

Sacred Infant, all Divine, what a tender love was Thine,
Thus to come from Highest Bliss, down to such a world as this!

Teach, O teach us, Holy Child, by Thy face so meek and mild,
Teach us to resemble Thee, in Thy sweet humility.

Hail, thou ever-blessed morn! Hail, redemption’s happy dawn!
Sing through all Jerusalem: Christ is born in Bethlehem!