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| Text: | The King shall come when morning dawns |
| Translator: | John Brownlie, 1859-1925 |
| Tune: | ST. STEPHEN |
| Composer: | William Jones, 1726-1800 |
1 The King shall come when morning dawns
and light triumphant breaks;
when beauty gilds the eastern hills
and life to joy awakes.
2 Not, as of old, a little child,
to bear, and fight, and die,
but crowned with glory like the sun
that lights the morning sky.
3 The King shall come when morning dawns
and earth's dark night is past;
O haste the rising of that morn,
the day that e'er shall last;
4 and let the endless bliss begin,
by weary saints foretold,
when right shall triumph over wrong,
and truth shall be extolled.
5 The King shall come when morning dawns
and light and beauty brings:
Hail, Christ the Lord! Thy people pray,
come quickly, King of kings.
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| First Line: | The King shall come when morning dawns |
| Translator: | John Brownlie, 1859-1925 (alt.) |
| Meter: | CM |
| Language: | English |
| Publication Date: | 1985 |
| Source: | Greek |
| Tune Information | |
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| Name: | ST. STEPHEN |
| Composer: | William Jones, 1726-1800 (alt.) |
| Meter: | CM |
| Key: | G Major |
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