George Wither

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By Benjamin Gerritsz Cuyp (1612–1652), Wikimedia Commons. Public domain.

Thus Angels Sung by George Wither

A Christmas hymn from the seventeenth century, recalling the song the angels sang to the shepherds of Bethlehem.

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