The lands that long in darkness lay
Now have beheld a heav�nly light;
Nations that sat in death�s cold shade
Are blessed with beams divinely bright.

The virgin�s promised Son is born,
Behold th�expected Child appear:
What shall His names or titles be?
�The Wonderful, the Counsellor.�

This infant is the mighty God,
Come to be suckled and adored;
Th�eternal Father, Prince of Peace,
The Son of David, and his Lord.

The government of earth and seas
Upon His shoulders shall be laid;
His wide dominions still increase,
And honors to His Name be paid.

Jesus, the holy Child, shall sit
High on His father David�s throne;
Shall crush His foes beneath His feet,
And reign to ages yet unknown.