- Be Still My Soul
Be still, my soul,
The Lord is on your side.
Bare patiently, the cross of grief or pain,
Leave too your God, to order and provide.
In every change He faithful will remain,
Be still, my soul,
Your best your hevenly friend,
Through thorny waves leads to a joyful end.
- Ding Dong Merrily On High
Ding Dong! merrily on high
In heav'n the bells are ringing
Ding, dong! verily the sky
Is riv'n with angel singing
Gloria, Hosanna in excelsis
E'en so here below, below
Let steeple bells be swungen
- How Great Thou Art
Italian version[edit]
(Verse 1)
O mio Signor, allor che con rispetto
Io miro il ciel, che fece il Tuo voler,
E lo splendor di stelle, o sento il tuono,
E' il mondo inter, che narra il Tuo poter.
(Refrain)
Un canto il cuor, innalza a Te, Signor:
- In Dulci Jubilo
In Dulci Iubilo
Words: Fourteenth-century German/Latin macaronic carol
Nun singet und seid froh by Heinrich Suso
This translation by John Wedderburn, About 1567
See Good Christian Men, Rejoice, and these notes.
Source: Edith Rickert, Ancient English Christmas Carols: 1400-1700 (London: Chatto & Windus, 1914), pp. 206-7.
- In The Bleak Midwinter
In the bleak midwinter, frosty wind made moan,
Earth stood hard as iron, water like a stone;
Snow had fallen, snow on snow, snow on snow,
In the bleak midwinter, long ago.
Our God, heaven cannot hold Him, nor earth sustain;
Heaven and earth shall flee away when He comes to reign.
In the bleak midwinter a stable place sufficed
- Pie Jesu
Pie Jesu, pie Jesu, pie Jesu, pie Jesu
Qui tollis peccata mundi
Dona eis requiem, dona eis requiem
Pie Jesu, pie Jesu, pie Jesu, pie Jesu
Qui tollis peccata mundi
Dona eis requiem, dona eis requiem
- The First Nowell
The first Nowell, the angel did say
Was to certain poor shepherds in fields as they lay
In fields where they lay keeping their sheep
On a cold winter's night that was so deep
Nowell, Nowell, Nowell, Nowell
Born is the King of Israel
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John Newton, Olney Hymns, 1779
Amazing grace! How sweet the sound,
That saved a wretch like me!
I once was lost but now am found
Was blind, but now I see.
’Twas grace that taught my heart to fear,