The blessed dawn of Christmas day As honestly as children pray The warmth that melts the eve away The holiness of afterglow I rose to join the glorious morn Whose calm and splendor would adorn The virgin mother's infant born The blessed dawn of Christmas day The hearts of sinners reconciled Amid the ancient morrow mild Exalt the birth of Mary's child The blessed dawn of Christmas day I pray one day my heart will see The light of God's eternity And know that Jesus died for me Now close, my eyes So I may rise At blessed dawn of Christmas day