Text: | When Morning gilds the Skies |
Translator: | Edward Caswall |
Tune: | LAUDES DOMINI |
Composer: | Sir Joseph Barnby |
1 WHEN morning gilds the skies,
My heart awaking cries,
“May Jesus Christ be praised!”
Alike at work and prayer
To Jesus I repair:
“May Jesus Christ be praised!”
2 When sleep her balm denies,
My silent spirit sighs,
“May Jesus Christ be praised!”
When evil thoughts molest,
With this I shield my breast—
“May Jesus Christ be praised!”
3 Does sadness fill my mind,
A solace here I find,
“May Jesus Christ be praised!”
Or fades my earthly bliss,
My comfort still is this,
“May Jesus Christ be praised!”
4 To God, the Word, on high,
The hosts of angels cry,
“May Jesus Christ be praised!”
Let mortals, too, upraise
Their voice in hymns of praise:
“May Jesus Christ be praised!”
5 Let earth’s wide circle round,
In joyful notes resound,
“May Jesus Christ be praised!”
Let air, and sea, and sky,
From depth to height, reply,
“May Jesus Christ be praised!”
5 Be this, while life is mine,
My canticle divine,
“May Jesus Christ be praised!”
Be this th’eternal song
Through all the ages on,
“May Jesus Christ be praised!”
Text Information | |
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First Line: | When morning gilds the skies |
Title: | When Morning gilds the Skies |
Translator: | Edward Caswall |
Meter: | 6.6.6.6.6.6. |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 2015 |
Scripture: | |
Topic: | Worship: Adoration and Praise |
Source: | Nürnberg Gesangbuch |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | LAUDES DOMINI |
Composer: | Sir Joseph Barnby |
Meter: | 6.6.6.6.6.6. |
Incipit: | 34561 76567 13217 |
Key: | C Major |