A Book of Hymns for Public and Private Devotion (15th ed.) ‎#394

394. The Hymn of Summer

How glad the tone when summer’s sun
Wreaths the gay world with flowers,
And trees bend down with golden fruit,
And birds are in their bowers!

The morn sends silent music down
Upon each earthly thing;
And always since creation’s dawn
The stars together sing.

Shall man remain in silence, then,
While all beneath the skies
The chorus joins? no, let us sing,
And while our voices rise,

O, let our lives, great God, breathe forth
A constant melody;
And every action be a tone
In that sweet hymn to Thee!

Text Information

• First Line: How glad the tone when summer's sun
• Title: The Hymn of Summer
• Author: J. Richardson
• Meter: C. M.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1866

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