3475 | The Cyber Hymnal#3476 | 3477 |
Text: | Just Before the Dawning |
Author: | Frances Jane (Fanny) Crosby |
Tune: | [O'er the silver waters of a pearly stream] |
Composer: | Charles Austin Miles |
Media: | MIDI file |
1. O’er the silver waters of a pearly stream,
Just before the dawning of the day;
Angel guards descending in a happy dream,
Bear us to the summer land away.
Refrain
Lo, a shining band, waiting on the strand,
Greet us with a sweet and tuneful lay;
Gentle words of cheer in that dream we hear,
Just before the dawning of the day.
2. O the bliss enchanting! O the visions there!
Bursting like a flood of golden light;
Not a wave of sorrow, not a throb of care,
In that happy, happy dream so bright. [Refrain]
3. Dreaming still we wander while our lifted eyes
View a world of love and joy untold,
Dreaming still we listen to the songs that rise
From the hearts that never more grow old. [Refrain]
4. Now from sleep awaking, see the morning beams
Chasing all the clouds of night away;
Yet the harp of memory brings the happy dream
Just before the dawning of the day. [Refrain]
Text Information | |
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First Line: | O'er the silver waters of a pearly stream |
Title: | Just Before the Dawning |
Author: | Frances Jane (Fanny) Crosby (1901) |
Refrain First Line: | Lo, a shining band, waiting on the strand |
Language: | English |
Copyright: | Public Domain |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | [O'er the silver waters of a pearly stream] |
Composer: | Charles Austin Miles |
Incipit: | 34555 56716 53334 |
Key: | Dâ™ Major |
Copyright: | Public Domain |
Media | |
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Adobe Acrobat image: | Adobe Acrobat image (Cyber Hymnal) |
MIDI file: | MIDI File (Cyber Hymnal) |
Noteworthy Composer score: | Noteworthy Composer score (Cyber Hymnal) |
XML score: | XML score |