Text: | Bright Those Jewels |
Author: | Hosea Ballou II, 1796-1852 |
Tune: | ORIENTIS PARTIBUS |
Composer: | Richard Redhead, 1820-1901 |
1 Bright those jewels of the skies
which in sable darkness glow.
Brighter in compassion’s eyes
are the silent tears which flow.
2 Sweet the fragrance from the fields
where abundant spices grow.
Sweeter far is that which yields
comfort to the sick and low.
3 Grateful are those gentle dews
on the greening grass which fall.
Far more grateful what renews
comforts to the poor who call.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Bright those jewels of the skies |
Title: | Bright Those Jewels |
Author: | Hosea Ballou II, 1796-1852 |
Meter: | 7.7.7.7. |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1993 |
Topic: | Words and Deeds of Prophetic Women and Men: Love and Compassion; Healing and Comfort |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | ORIENTIS PARTIBUS |
Composer: | Richard Redhead, 1820-1901 |
Meter: | 7.7.7.7. |
Key: | F Major or modal |
Source: | Medieval French melody |