Gilded Bethlehem’s lonely night,
When the glory of the Lord,
Mercy’s sunlight, shone abroad.
3 “Peace on earth, good-will to men.”
Burst the glorious anthem then;
Angels, bending from above,
Joined that strain of holy love.
4 Floating o’er the waves of time,
Comes to us that song sublime,
Bearing to the pilgrim’s ear