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 man
From Heaven’s all gracious King.”
The world in solemn stillness lay
To hear the angels sing.
Edmund Sears
OK. I love the carol, BUT!
It’s bad enough that the Christmas stuff is already out in the Big Box Stores Has been since Labor Day), but does it have to show up this early within these sacred electrons?
I’ll plead innocence of commercial motive. Edmund Sears follows Walter Scott in the alphabet and so his immortal verses showed up at the Autumnal Equinox at apparent random.