{"slug": "it-came-upon-a-midnight-clear", "title": "It Came Upon A Midnight Clear", "first_line": "It came upon the midnight clear, That glorious song of old", "index_first_line": "It came upon the midnight clear", "author": "edmund-h-sears", "author_date": "1866", "foot": "iambic", "meter": {"pattern": [8, 6, 8, 6, 6, 8], "doubled": false, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "topics": ["Anticipation", "Brotherhood", "Christmas", "Advent", "Fellowship"], "scripture": ["Luke 2:10", "Psalm 97:1"], "provenance": {"layer": "text", "source": "oh-source-1931", "source_kind": "open_encoding", "pd_basis": "pub_pre_1931", "pd_evidence": "Open Hymnal X:60; all components published pre-1931 (latest year 1866).", "pd_jurisdictions": {"US": true}, "hymnary_ids": {"text_auth": "it_came_upon_the_midnight_clear", "total_instances": 959}}, "stanzas": {"1": {"syllabified": "It came up -- on the mid -- night clear, That glor -- ious song of old, From an -- gels bend -- ing near the earth, To touch their harps of gold; \"Peace on the earth, good will to men, From Heav -- en's all gra -- cious King.\" The world in sol -- emn still -- ness lay, To hear the an -- gels sing.", "prose": ["It came upon the midnight clear,", "That glorious song of old,", "From angels bending near the earth,", "To touch their harps of gold;", "\"Peace on the earth, good will to men,", "From Heaven's all gracious King.\"", "The world in solemn stillness lay,", "To hear the angels sing."]}, "2": {"syllabified": "Still through the clo -- ven skies they come With peace -- ful wings un -- furled, And still their heav -- en -- ly mu -- sic floats O'er all the wea -- ry world; A -- bove its sad and low -- ly plains, They bend on hov -- 'ring wing, And ev -- er ov -- er its Ba -- bel sounds The bless -- ed an -- gels sing.", "prose": ["Still through the cloven skies they come", "With peaceful wings unfurled,", "And still their heavenly music floats", "O'er all the weary world;", "Above its sad and lowly plains,", "They bend on hov'ring wing,", "And ever over its Babel sounds", "The blessed angels sing."]}, "3": {"syllabified": "Yet with the woes of sin and strife The world has suf -- fered long; Be -- neath the an -- gel strain have rolled Two thou -- sand years of wrong; And man, at war with man, hears not The love -- song which they bring; O hush the noise, ye men of strife And hear the an -- gels sing.", "prose": ["Yet with the woes of sin and strife", "The world has suffered long;", "Beneath the angel strain have rolled", "Two thousand years of wrong;", "And man, at war with man, hears not", "The love-song which they bring;", "O hush the noise, ye men of strife", "And hear the angels sing."]}, "4": {"syllabified": "And ye, be -- neath life's crush -- ing load, Whose forms are bend -- ing low, Who toil a -- long the climb -- ing way With pain -- ful steps and slow, Look now! for glad and gold -- en hours Come swift -- ly on the wing. O rest be -- side the wear -- y road, And hear the an -- gels sing!", "prose": ["And ye, beneath life's crushing load,", "Whose forms are bending low,", "Who toil along the climbing way", "With painful steps and slow,", "Look now! for glad and golden hours", "Come swiftly on the wing.", "O rest beside the weary road,", "And hear the angels sing!"]}, "5": {"syllabified": "For lo! the days are has -- t'ning on, By proph -- et -- bards fore -- told, When with the ev -- er cir -- cling years Comes round the age of gold; When peace shall ov -- er all the earth Its an -- cient splen -- dors fling, And the whole world send back the song Which now the an -- gels sing.", "prose": ["For lo! the days are hast'ning on,", "By prophet-bards foretold,", "When with the ever circling years", "Comes round the age of gold;", "When peace shall over all the earth", "Its ancient splendors fling,", "And the whole world send back the song", "Which now the angels sing."]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}