666 | Glory to God#667 | 668 |
Text: | When Morning Gilds the Skies |
Translator: | Edward Caswall |
Tune: | LAUDES DOMINI |
Composer: | Joseph Barnby |
Media: | Audio recording |
1 When morning gilds the skies,
my heart awaking cries:
may Jesus Christ be praised!
Alike at work and prayer
to Jesus I repair:
may Jesus Christ be praised!
2 Does sadness fill my mind?
A solace here I find:
may Jesus Christ be praised!
Or fades my earthly bliss?
My comfort still is this:
may Jesus Christ be praised!
3 Let earth's wide circle round
in joyful notes resound:
may Jesus Christ be praised!
Let air and sea and sky
from depth to height reply:
may Jesus Christ be praised!
4 Be this, while life is mine,
my canticle divine:
may Jesus Christ be praised!
Be this the eternal song
through all the ages long:
may Jesus Christ be praised!
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First Line: | When morning gilds the skies |
Title: | When Morning Gilds the Skies |
Translator: | Edward Caswall (1853, 1858, alt.) |
Meter: | 6.6.6.D |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 2013 |
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Topic: | Celebrating Time; Comfort; Morning(2 more...) |
Source: | German hymn, c. 1800 |
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Name: | LAUDES DOMINI |
Composer: | Joseph Barnby (1868) |
Meter: | 6.6.6.D |
Key: | B♭ Major |
This is not just a morning hymn, though this excerpt from an English translation of an early 19th-century German text may not convey how thoroughly the original deals with different kinds of time throughout the day. The tune was composed as a setting for this English text.
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Audio recording: | Audio (MP3) |