Text: | Day of light |
Author: | John Ellerton |
Tune: | SWABIA |
Arranger: | W. H. Havergal |
1 This is the day of light:
Let there be light to-day;
O Day-spring, rise upon our night,
And chase its gloom away.
2 This is the day of rest:
Our failing strength renew;
On weary brain and troubled breast
Shed thou thy freshening dew.
3 This is the day of peace:
Thy peace our spirits fill;
Bid thou the blasts of discord cease,
The waves of strife be still.
4 This is the day of prayer:
Let earth to heaven draw near;
Lift up our hearts to seek thee there;
Come down to meet us here.
5 This is the first of days:
Send forth thy quickening breath,
And wake dead souls to love and praise,
O Vanquisher of death!
Text Information | |
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First Line: | This is the day of light |
Title: | Day of light |
Author: | John Ellerton |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1888 |
Topic: | Christ: Dayspring; Opening of Service |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | SWABIA |
Arranger: | W. H. Havergal |
Meter: | S. M. |
Key: | D Major |