While Shepherds watch’d their flocks by night All seated on the ground The angel of the Lord came down And glory shone around “Fear not,” said he, for mighty dread Had seized their troubled mind “Glad tidings of great joy I bring, To you and all mankind”: etc.

Full Text: While Shepherds watch’d their flocks by night All seated on the ground The angel of the Lord came down And glory shone around “Fear not,” said he, for mighty dread Had seized their troubled mind “Glad tidings of great joy I bring, To you and all mankind”: etc.
Listed on Page Number: 318
Sampler Worked By: Hannah Ivers
Date of Sampler: c1780
Place Sampler Made: n.p.
Sampler Listed on Page: 55
Author/Publication/Country/Date: Tate, Nahum. “Song of the Angels at the nativity of our Blessed Saviour,” A Supplement to A New Version of the Psalms of David, Fitted to the Tunes Used in Churches, N. Tate and N. Brady, London: T. Hodgkin, 1699. p. 18.
Notes: https://www.google.com/books/edition/A_Supplement_Containing_I_The_Usual_Hymn/_YZgkywDl14C?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=RA1-PA18&printsec=frontcover&dq=shepherd