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Oh little town of Bethlehem
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How still we see thee lie
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Above the dark and dreamless sleep
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The silent stars go by
Yet in thy dark streets shineth
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The everlasting light
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The hopes and fears of all the years
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Are met in thee tonight
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O morning stars together
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Proclaim thy holy birth
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And praises sing to God the King
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And peace to men on earth
For Christ is born of Mary
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And gathered all above
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While mortals sleep the angels keep
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Their watch over wondering love
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How silently, how silently,
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The wondrous gift is given;
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So God imparts to human hearts
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The blessings of His Heaven.
No ear may hear His coming,
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But in this world of sin,
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Where meek souls will receive Him still,
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The dear Christ enters in.
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Where children pure and happy
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Pray to the blessed Child
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Where misery cries out to thee
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Son of the mother mild
Where charity stands watching
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And faith holds wide the door
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The dark night waits the glory breaks
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And Christmas comes once more
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Oh holy child of Bethlehem,
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Descend on us we pray;
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Cast out our sin and enter in
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Be born in us today.
We hear the Christmas angels,
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Their great glad tidings tell,
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Oh come to us, abide in us,
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Our lord, Emanuel.