Once more, with songs of rap­ture,
We greet this ho­ly day,
And low be­fore our Sav­ior
Our grate­ful hom­age pay;
The star of light and glo­ry
With heav’n­ly ra­di­ance shone,
And to the wait­ing peo­ple
The in­fant Christ made known.

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Carol, car­ol, mer­ri­ly,
Before the new­born King;
Joyful, joy­ful, in the air,
Our Christ­mas prais­es ring.

As on that star­lit ev­en­ing,
Long cen­tu­ries ago,
The wise men hum­bly fol­lowed,
His rest­ing place to know;
Lo, we in faith re­ceiv­ing
This price­less gift of love,
Like them are press­ing for­ward,
Like them look up above!

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O sing, ye hosts of Hea­ven!
Take up the glad re­frain!
A king to us is giv­en,
Forevermore to reign;
Rejoice, with songs of glad­ness,
O all ye sons of men!
And let no fear or sad­ness
E’er fill your hearts again.

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