Celtic Odyssey

HAIL King! hail King! blessed is He! blessed is He! Hail King! hail King! blessed is He! blessed is He! Hail King! hail King! blessed is He, the King of whom we sing,          All hail! let there be joy! This night is the eve of the great Nativity, Born is the Son of Mary the Virgin, The soles of His feet have reached the earth, The Son of glory down from on high, Heaven and earth glowed to Him,          All hail! let there be joy! The peace of earth to Him, the joy of heaven to Him, Behold His feet have reached the world; The homage of a King be His, the welcome of a Lamb be His, King all victorious, Lamb all glorious, Earth and ocean illumed to Him,          All hail! let there be joy! The mountains glowed to Him, the plains glowed to Him, The voice of the waves with the song of the strand, Announcing to us that Christ is born, Son of the King of kings from the land of salvation; Shone the sun on the m...

I AM lying down to-night as beseems In the fellowship of Christ, son of the Virgin of ringlets. In the fellowship of the gracious Father of glory, In the fellowship of the Spirit of powerful aid. I am lying down to-night with God, And God to-night will lie down with me, I will not lie down to-night with sin, nor shall Sin nor sin's shadow lie down with me. I am lying down to-night with the Holy Spirit, And the Holy Spirit this night will lie down with me, I will lie down this night with the Three of my love, And the Three of my love will lie down with me.

I LIE down to-night With fair Mary and with her Son, With pure-white Michael, And with Bride beneath her mantle. I lie down with God, And God will lie down with me, I will not lie down with Satan, Nor shall Satan lie down with me. O God of the poor, Help me this night, Omit me not entirely From Thy treasure-house. For the many wounds That I inflicted on Thee, I cannot this night Enumerate them. Thou King of the blood of truth, Do not forget me in Thy dwelling-place, Do not exact from me for my transgressions, Do not omit me in Thine ingathering.      In Thine ingathering.