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8333 | The Cyber Hymnal#8334 | 8335 |
Text: | Gloomy Night Embraced The Place |
Author: | Richard Crashaw |
Tune: | LEST WE FORGET |
Composer: | George Frederick Blanchard |
Media: | MIDI file |
1 Gloomy night embraced the place
Wherein the noble Infant lay:
The Babe looked up and showed His face;
In spite of darkness, it was day!
It was Thy day, sweet! and did rise
Not from the east, but from Thine eyes.
2 We saw Thee in Thy balmy nest,
Young dawn of our eternal day!
We saw Thine eyes break from the east
And chase the trembling shades away;
We saw Thee, and we blessed the sight;
We saw Thee by Thine own sweet light.
3 Welcome, all wonders in one sight!
Eternity shut in a span!
Summer in winter, day in night!
Heaven on earth, and God in Man!
Great little One! Whose lowly birth,
Lifts earth to Heav’n, stoops Heav’n to earth.
4 To Thee, meek Majesty! soft King
Of simple graces and sweet loves;
Each one of us his lamb will bring,
And each his pair of silver doves;
Till burnt in fire of Thy fair eyes,
Ourselves become our sacrifice!
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First Line: | Gloomy night embraced the place |
Title: | Gloomy Night Embraced The Place |
Author: | Richard Crashaw |
Meter: | 88.88.88 |
Language: | English |
Source: | Steps to the Temple, 1646; Cento from "Hymn of the Nativity" |
Copyright: | Public Domain |
Notes: | Alternate tune: CZESTOCHOWA, German tune |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | LEST WE FORGET |
Composer: | George Frederick Blanchard (1898) |
Meter: | 88.88.88 |
Key: | A♭ Major |
Copyright: | Public Domain |
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MIDI file: | MIDI |
Noteworthy Composer score: | Noteworthy Composer Score |