the title and first words of a Christmas carol (=a traditional religious song). It begins: O little town of Bethlehem,/How still we see thee lie,/Above thy deep and dreamless sleep,/The silent stars go by.
Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Advanced Learner's Dictionary.
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