This version at CCEL gives a new look at this carol. I looks like Wesley wrote 4 line verses that have been combined into 8 line verses with the first 2 lines reused as a chorus. The 2nd half of the usual v.1 is missing. The 2-3, 4-5, & 6-7 combinations are the way I'm used to singing them. "Pleased as man with men to appear," just does not seem like it could ever have been right. It's 8, instead of 7 syllables. Q's 3rd verse puts 5 before 4, then sings 4 from the bottom up. All lines are 7 syllables so they can be sung that way, just seems odd. I'll try to check Wesley's works at work tomorrow & see what's there.
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