The angel of the Lord came down, And glory shone around;
Fear not! said he, for mighty dread Had seized their troubled mind;
Glad tidings of great joy I bring To you and all mankind.
To you in David’s town this day Is born of David’s line
A Saviour, who is Christ the Lord; And this shall be the sign:
The heavenly Babe you there shall find, To human view displayed,
All meanly wrapped in swaddling bands, And in a manger laid.
- Coventry Patmore