The Cyber Hymnal ‎#7495

7495. The Wingèd Herald of the Day

1. The wingèd herald of the day
Proclaims the morn’s approaching ray:
And Christ the Lord our souls excites,
And so to endless life invites.

2. Take up thy bed, to each He cries,
Who sick or wrapped in slumber lies;
And chaste and just and sober stand
And watch: My coming is at hand.

3. With earnest cry, with tearful care,
Call we the Lord to hear our prayer;
While supplication, pure and deep,
Forbids each chastened heart to sleep.

4. Do Thou, O Christ, our slumber wake:
Do Thou the chains of darkness break;
Purge Thou our former sins away,
And in our souls new light display.

5. All laud to God the Father be,
All praise, eternal Son, to Thee;
All glory, as is ever meet,
To God the holy Paraclete.

Text Information

• First Line: The wingèd herald of the day
• Title: The Wingèd Herald of the Day
• Latin Title: Ales diei nuntius
• Author: Aurelius Prudentius, 348-413 (5th Century)
• Translator (from Latin): John M. Neale (1854)
• Meter: LM
• Language: English
• Source: Liber Cathemerinon; translation in the Hymnal Noted, enlarged edition, 1854
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: WAREHAM
• Composer: William Knapp (1738)
• Meter: LM
• Incipit: 11765 12171 23217
• Key: B♭ Major
• Copyright: Public Domain