"How Silently, How Silently the Wondrous Gift is Given..."

My favorite, but rarely remembered, verses of this well-known carol:  (quietly shared in audio recording below)

"How silently, how silently, the wondrous Gift is given
So God imparts to human hearts the blessings of His heaven.
No ear may hear His coming, but in this world of sin
Where meek souls will receive Him still, the dear Christ enters in.

O Holy Child of Bethlehem, descend to us, we pray
Cast out our sin and enter in, be born in us today.
We hear the Christmas angels the great glad tidings tell
O come to us, abide with us, our Lord Emmanuel."
--Phillips Brooks, 1867