“For lo! the days are hastening on,
By prophet-bards foretold,
When with the ever-circling years,
Comes round the age of gold;
When Peace shall over all the earth
Its ancient splendors fling
And the whole world send back the song
Which now the angels sing.”

—  Edmund Sears

The Angels' Song ("It Came Upon A Midnight Clear", 1849).

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American minister 1810–1876

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