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Text:Holy and beautiful day
Tune:[Phoebus, with reins gathered firmly]

52. Holy and beautiful day

1 Phoebus, with reins gathered firmly,
Bringeth his steeds from the sea;
Lighting, with red the green hillside,
Purple and golden to see.
Solemn the stars have retreated,
Vanished in majesty bright;
And, in the glowing horizon,
Shineth the angel of light.

2 Sweetly with songs do we greet thee,
Holy and beautiful day;
Cheerfully, joyfully meet thee,
Singing our youth's happy lay.
Stay with us, stay with our bright band,
Where there is singing and joy;
Let not too quickly the sweet hours
Our happy meeting destroy.

Text Information
First Line: Phoebus, with reins gathered firmly
Title: Holy and beautiful day
Publication Date: 1897
Notes: Public Domain.
Tune Information
Name: [Phoebus, with reins gathered firmly]
Key: D Major
Notes: Public Domain.



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