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We Sing of Golden Mornings

Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Appears in 3 hymnals

Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Appears in 17 hymnals Tune Sources: William Walker's Southern Harmony, 1835 Tune Key: E Flat Major Incipit: 51135 65353 21351 Used With Text: We Sing of Golden Mornings

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We Sing of Golden Mornings

Author: Ralph Waldo Emrson, 1803-1882 Hymnal: Singing the Living Tradition #44 (1993) Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Topics: Transcending Mystery and Wonder Morning; Beauty; Celebration and Praise; Earth; Spring Languages: English Tune Title: COMPLAINER

We sing of golden mornings

Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson Hymnal: We Sing of Life #d97 (1955)

We sing of golden mornings

Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson Hymnal: Hymns for the Celebration of Life #d269 (1964) Languages: English

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Ralph Waldo Emerson

1803 - 1882 Person Name: Ralph Waldo Emrson, 1803-1882 Author of "We Sing of Golden Mornings" in Singing the Living Tradition Emerson, Ralph Waldo, son of an Unitarian Minister, was born at Boston, U.S., May 25, 1803. He was educated for the Unitarian Ministry, and acted, 1829-32, as one of their ministers. Ultimately he left the ministry, and devoted himself to lecturing and literature. As a philosopher, essayist, and poet he rose to a distinguished position. He died at Concord, Massachusetts, April 27, 1882. His published works include Poems, 1846; Orations, Lectures, and Addresses, 1844; Representative Men, 1850; English Traits, 1856, &c. His hymns are not numerous. They include:— 1. Out from the heart of nature rolled. The Everlasting Word. This is part of his poem The Problem, published in the Dial, July, 1840; and then in the 1st ed. of his Poems, 1846. It was included in the Hymns of the Spirit, 1864, No. 636; and Martineau's Hymns, &c, 1873, No. 112. 2. We love the venerable house. The House of God. Written in 1833, for the Ordination of the Rev. Chandler Bobbins, who succeeded Emerson as Minister of the Second (Unitarian) Church, Boston. It is in the Hymns of thd Spirit, 1864, No. 224; and Martineau's Hymns of Praise and Prayer, 1873. -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)