O day of days that time can ne­ver dim,
O day that lives in Christ­mas chime and hymn,
When He so strong and yet so meek and mild,
Came even as a lit­tle child!

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Now awake and car­ols sing!
Hail the birth­day of the King!
Now awake and car­ols sing!
Hail the birth­day of the King!

O time of joy and ado­ra­tion sweet,
When men and an­gels wor­shiped at His feet,
When earth and Heav’n re­sound­ed with His praise,
Upon that glo­ri­ous day of days!

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Some day the heav’ns a bright­er glow shall wear,
When Christ un­to the na­tions shall ap­pear,
When He shall come, but not in low­ly guise,
In pow­er and splen­dor from the skies.

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