The Scene Around me Disappears

James Montgomery 1771 (Irvine) – 1854



1. The scene around me disappears,
    And, borne to ancient regions,
While time recalls the flight of years,
    I see angelic legions
Descending in an orb of light:
Amidst the dark and silent night
I hear celestial voices.
2. Tidings, glad tidings from above,
    To every age and nation!
Tidings, glad tidings! God is Love,
    To man He sends salvation!
His Son beloved, His only Son,
The work of mercy hath begun;
Give to His Name the Glory!
3. Through David's city I am led;
    Here all around are sleeping;
A Light directs to yon poor shed;
    There lonely watch is keeping:
I enter; ah! what glories shine!
Is this Immanuel's earthly shrine,
Messiah's infant Temple?
4. It is, it is; and I adore
    This Stranger meek and lowly,
As saints and angels bow before
    The throne of God thrice Holy!
Faith through the veil of flesh can see
The Face of Thy Divinity,
My Lord, my God, my Saviour!

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Scheme ABABCCDEFEFFFGHIHIJJKLGLGGGG
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 882
Words 162
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 28

James Montgomery

The Very Reverend James Francis Montgomery was an Anglican priest in the second half of the 19th century He studied for the bar before being ordained after a period of study at Durham University, and was a Curate at Puddletown before Edinburgh incumbencies. more…

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