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of years were over
 * Adam and Eve had died,

The following generation,
 * And many more beside.

At last, some shepherds watching
 * Beside their flocks, at night,

Were startled in the darkness
 * By strange and heavenly Light.

One of the holy angels
 * Had come from Heaven above,

To tell the true, true Story,
 * Of and His Love.

He came to bring "glad tidings:"
 * "You need not, must not, fear;

For Christ, your new-born Saviour,
 * Lies in the village near!"