Rejoice in the Light
02:44 duration|Composed in 2024|Difficulty: Easy|First performed: December 2024
Written for Jonathan Harris and Newport Pagnell Singers, generously supported by Alison & Walter Hunt, and Laurence & Dianne Law.
This is the only carol that came to me in a dream! It is medieval in style and would partner well with Gaudete.
Text
There’s a song in the air!
There’s a star in the sky!
There’s a mother’s deep prayer
and a baby’s low cry!
And the star rains its fire
while the beautiful sing,
for the manger of Bethlehem
cradles a King!
There’s a tumult of great joy
o’er the wonderful birth,
for the virgin’s sweet boy
is the Lord of all the earth.
Ay! the star rains its fire
while the beautiful sing,
for the manger of Bethlehem
cradles a King!
In the light of that star
lie the ages impearled;
and that song from afar
has swept o’er all the world.
Every hearth is aflame,
and the beautiful sing
in the homes of the nations
that Jesus is King!
We rejoice in the light,
and we echo the song
that comes down through the night
from the heavenly throng.
Ay! we shout to the lovely
evangel they bring,
and we greet in his cradle
our Saviour and King!
Josiah Gilbert Holland (1819-1881)
