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SDA Hymnal 143

Silent Night, Holy Night

Words: Joseph MohrMusic: Franz GruberTune: Stille NachtIrregular

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1Silent night, holy night,
All is calm, all is bright;
Round yon virgin mother and child!
Holy Infant, so tender and mild,
Sleep in heavenly peace,
Sleep in heavenly peace.

2Silent night, holy night,
Darkness flies, all is light;
Shepherds hear the angels sing,
"Alleluia! hail the King!"
Christ the Savior is born,
Christ the Savior is born.

3Silent night, holy night,
Son of God, love's pure light;
Radiant beams from Thy holy face,
With the dawn of redeeming grace,
Jesus, Lord, at Thy birth,
Jesus, Lord, at Thy birth.

4Silent night, holy night,
Wondrous star, lend thy light;
With the angels let us sing,
Alleluia to our King;
Christ the Savior is born,
Christ the Savior is born.

Scripture
Luke 2:1-20

The verse

Meter
6.6.8.9.6.6
Foot
trochaic (DUM-da) · 51% of beats fit
Rhyme
AABBCC
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/ stressed · ˘ unstressed · ? not in the dictionary

Verse 1

Silent night, holy night,/˘//˘/6A
All is calm, all is bright;/˘//˘/6A
Round yon virgin mother and child!///˘/˘˘/8B
Holy Infant, so tender and mild,/˘/˘˘/˘˘/9B
Sleep in heavenly peace,/˘/˘˘/6C
Sleep in heavenly peace./˘/˘˘/6C

Verse 2

Silent night, holy night,/˘//˘/6A
Darkness flies, all is light;/˘//˘/6A
Shepherds hear the angels sing,/˘/˘/˘/7B
"Alleluia! hail the King!"/˘/˘/˘/7B
Christ the Savior is born,/˘/˘˘/6C
Christ the Savior is born./˘/˘˘/6C

Verse 3

Silent night, holy night,/˘//˘/6A
Son of God, love's pure light;/˘////6A
Radiant beams from Thy holy face,//˘/˘//˘/9B
With the dawn of redeeming grace,˘˘/˘˘/˘/8B
Jesus, Lord, at Thy birth,/˘/˘//6C
Jesus, Lord, at Thy birth./˘/˘//6C

Verse 4

Silent night, holy night,/˘//˘/6A
Wondrous star, lend thy light;/˘////6A
With the angels let us sing,˘˘/˘/˘/7B
Alleluia to our King;/˘/˘˘/˘/8B
Christ the Savior is born,/˘/˘˘/6C
Christ the Savior is born./˘/˘˘/6C

Counted by machine from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. It cannot hear emphasis or a poet’s licence, so treat it as a place to start reading, not the last word.