Charles Hubert Hastings Parry - I sing the birth - текст песни (слова)

I sing the birth was born tonight,
 The Author both of life and light;
 The angels so did sound it,
 And like the ravished shepherds said,
 Who saw the light, and were afraid,
 Yet searched, and true they found it.
 
 The Son of God, the eternal King,
 That did us all salvation bring,
 And freed the soul from danger;
 He whom the whole world could not take,
 The Word, which heaven and earth did make,
 Was now laid in a manger.
 
 What comfort by Him do we win?
 Who made Himself the Prince of sin,
 To make us heirs of glory?
 To see this babe, all innocence,
 A martyr born in our defense,
 Can man forget this story?