7750. Ye Clouds of Darkness, Hosts of Night

1. Ye clouds and darkness, hosts of night,
That breed confusion and affright,
Begone! o’erhead the dawn shines clear,
The light breaks in, and Christ is here.

2. Earth’s gloom flees broken and dispersed,
By the sun’s piercing shafts coerced:
The day-star’s eyes rain influence bright,
And colors glimmer back to sight.

3. Thee, Christ, alone we know; to Thee
We bend in pure simplicity;
Our songs with tears to Thee arise;
Prove Thou our hearts with Thy clear eyes.

4. Though we be stained with blots within,
Thy quickening rays shall purge our sin;
Light of the morning star, Thy grace
Shed on us from Thy cloudless face.

5. All laud to God the Father be,
All praise, eternal Son, to Thee;
All glory, as is ever meet,
To God the holy Paraclete.

Text Information
First Line: Ye clouds and darkness, hosts of night
Title: Ye Clouds of Darkness, Hosts of Night
Latin Title: Nox et tenebrae et nubila
Author: Aurelius C. Prudentius, 348-413 (4th Century)
Translator (from German): R. Martin Pope
Meter: LM
Language: English
Source: Translation in The Hymns of Prudentius, 1905
Copyright: Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: WAREHAM
Composer: William Knapp (1738)
Meter: LM
Incipit: 11765 12171 23217
Key: B♭ Major
Copyright: Public Domain



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