By Placide Cappeau de Roquemaure (Translation by John Sullivan Dwight). O Holy Night! The stars are brightly shining, It is the night of the dear Savior's birth. Long lay the world in sin and error pining. ...
The words to O Holy Nightwere written by Placide Cappeau de Roquemaure, a wine seller, in 1847 when the parish priest asked him to write a poem for Christmas? Englishman John Wade is credited with writing O Come All Ye Faithfulin Latin ...
