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In sleep's serene oblivion laid

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1 In sleep's serene oblivion laid,
I safely pass'd the silent night:
Again I see the breaking shade,
I drink again the morning light.

2 New-born, I bless the waking hour,
Once more, with awe, rejoice to be:
My conscious soul resumes her pow'r,
And springs, my guardian God! to thee.

3 O guide me through the various maze
My doubtful feet are doom'd to tread;
And spread thy shield's protecting blaze,
Where dangers press around my head.

4 A deeper shade shall soon impend:
A deeper sleep my eyes oppress:
Yet then thy strength shall still defend,
Thy goodness still delight to bless.

5 That deeper shade shall break away;
That deeper sleep shall leave my eyes:
Thy light shall give eternal day;
Thy love, the raptures of the skies.

Source: Hymns, Selected and Original: for public and private worship (1st ed.) #617

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Author: J. Hawkesworth

Hawkesworth, John, LL.D. (b. 1715, and d. Nov. 1773), a writer in the Gentleman's Magazine, proprietor and editor of the Adventurer, and friend of Johnson, Warton, and other literary men of note, published, in 1760, Poems and Translations, and was the author of the well-known Morning hymn "In sleep's serene oblivion laid." This hymn was composed in 1773, "about a month before his death, in a wakeful hour of the night, and dictated to his wife on rising. It appeared in the Universal Theological Magazine for March, 1802." (Miller's Singers & Songs, &c, p. 210.) It was given in Collyer's Selection, 1812; the Leeds Hymn Book, 1853; and others; and is in somewhat extensive use in America. It sometimes begins, as in the American Unitarian Hymns… Go to person page >

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First Line: In sleep's serene oblivion laid
Author: J. Hawkesworth
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GERMANY


FEDERAL STREET

Henry Kemble Oliver (b. Beverly, MA, 1800; d. Salem, MA, 1885) composed FEDERAL STREET in 1832, possibly as an imitation of earlier psalm tunes in long meter. He took it to a music class taught by Lowell Mason (who may have contributed to the harmony); Mason (PHH 96) published it in his Boston Acade…

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DAWN


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A Collection of Hymns #364Page Scan
A Collection of Hymns and a Liturgy for the Use of Evangelical Lutheran Churches: to which are added prayers for families and individuals #401Page Scan
A Collection of Hymns and a Liturgy: for the use of Evangelical Lutheran Churches, to which are added prayers for families and individuals (New and Enl. Stereotype Ed.) #401Page Scan
A Collection of Hymns and A Liturgy: for the use of Evangelical Lutheran Churches; to which are added prayers for families and individuals #401TextPage Scan
A Collection of Hymns from Various Authors. New ed. #d164
A Collection of Hymns, for the Christian Church and Home #362Page Scan
A Collection of Hymns: Supplementary to the Psalms and Hymns of Dr. Watts #155Page Scan
A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship #40Page Scan
A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship (10th ed.) #40Page Scan
A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship (6th ed.) #40Page Scan
A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship. (3rd ed.) #40Page Scan
A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship. (45th ed.) #40Page Scan
A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship. 16th ed. #40Page Scan
A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Social and Private Worship #XCVIIPage Scan
A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for the Sanctuary #114Page Scan
A Collection of Psalms and Hymns, for Social and Private Worship #448Page Scan
A Collection of Psalms and Hymns, for Social and Private Worship (Rev. ed. with supplement) #448Page Scan
A New Selection of Hymns; designed for the use of conference meetings, private circles, and congregations, as a supplement to Dr. Watts' Psalms and Hymns #388Page Scan
A Selection of Hymns, adapted to the devotions of the closet, the family, and the social circle; and containing subjects appropriate to the monthly concerns of prayer for the success... #295Page Scan
A Selection of Psalms and Hymns, Embracing all the Varieties of Subjects #P3Page Scan
A Selection of Sacred Songs. 2nd ed. #29Page Scan
A Selection of Sacred Songs: for the use of schools and academies #29Page Scan
Chapel Hymns #d262
Choral Echoes from the Church of God in All Ages: a collection of hymns and tunes adapted to all occasions of social worship #222Page Scan
Christian Chorals, for the Chapel and Fireside #7Page Scan
Christian Hymns for Public and Private Worship: a collection compiled by a committee of the Cheshire Pastoral Association (11th ed.) #841Page Scan
Christian Praise: a manual of worship for public, social and private devotion #383Page Scan
Christian Psalms and Hymns to Aid in Public and Private Devotion #d446
Church Chorals and Choir Studies #26Page Scan
Church Melodies: collection of psalms and hymns, with appropriate music. For the use of congregations. #144Page Scan
Church Poetry: being Portions of the Psalms in Verse and Hymns suited to the Festivals and Fasts, and Various Occasions of the Church #178bPage Scan
Church Psalmist: or Psalms and Hymns Designed for the Public, Social, and Private Use of Evangelical Christians ... with Supplement. 53rd ed. #583Page Scan
Church Psalmist: or psalms and hymns for the public, social and private use of evangelical Christians (5th ed.) #583Page Scan
Church Psalmist: or, psalms and hymns, for the public, social and private use of Evangelical Christians. With Supplement. (50th ed.) #583Page Scan
Congregational Hymn and Tune Book; containing the Psalms and Hymns of the General Association of Connecticut, adapted to Suitable Tunes #138Page Scan
Grammar School Hymn Book #d131
Hymn and Tune Book for the Church and the Home and Services for Congregational Worship. Rev. ed. #d312
Hymn and Tune Book for the Church and the Home. (Rev. ed.) #133Page Scan
Hymn Book for Christian Worship #81Page Scan
Hymn Book of the Methodist Protestant Church. (2nd ed.) #740Page Scan
Hymn book of the Methodist Protestant Church. (4th ed.) #740Page Scan
Hymnal of the Presbyterian Church #494Page Scan
Hymns and Songs of Praise for Public and Social Worship #1204Page Scan
Hymns for Church and Home #346Page Scan
Hymns for Family Worship with Prayers for Every Day in the Week, Selected from Various Authors #45Page Scan
Hymns for Family Worship, with Prayers for Every Day in the Week (2nd ed.) #45Page Scan
Hymns for Schools: with appropriate selections from scripture and tunes suited to the metres of the hymns (3rd ed.) #248Page Scan
Hymns for Social Worship: collected from various authors #143Page Scan
Hymns for Sunday Schools #287Page Scan
Hymns for the Church on Earth: being three hundred and sixty-six hymns and spiritual songs. (For the most part of modern date.) (New Ed.) #360Page Scan
Hymns for the Sanctuary #619Page Scan
Hymns for the Vestry and the Fireside #d147
Hymns of the Church Universal #593Page Scan
Hymns of the Spirit #157Page Scan
Hymns, Selected and Original, for Public and Private Worship #617Page Scan
Hymns, Selected and Original, for Public and Private Worship, published by General Synod for the Evangelical Lutheran Church. 68th ed. (8th rev. ed.) #d365
Hymns, Selected and Original: for public and private worship (1st ed.) #617TextPage Scan
Hymns, Selected from Various Authors, for the Use of the Unitarian Church in Washington #d69
Hymns: original and selected, for public and private worship in the Evangelical Lutheran Church (16th rev. ed.) #617Page Scan
Hymns: selected and original, for public and private worship (4th ed. 3rd rev. ed.) #617Page Scan
Hymns: selected and original, for public and private worship (30th ed.) #617Page Scan
Hymns: selected and original, for public and private worship (60th ed., 1st rev. ed.) #617Page Scan
Immanuel Hymnal #d187
Isles of Shoals Hymn Book and Candle Light Service #13Page Scan
Massachusetts Sabbath School Hymn Book #d92
National Hymn and Tune Book: for congregations, schools and the home #38Page Scan
Plymouth Collection of Hymns and Tunes; for the use of Christian Congregations #1299Page Scan
Psalms and Hymns, for Christian Use and Worship #H688Page Scan
Sacred Poetry and Music Reconciled; or a Collection of Hymns, Original and Compiled #497Page Scan
Seamen's Hymns #583Page Scan
Seamen's Hymns and Devotional Assistant #d298
Selection from Tate and Brady's Version of the Psalms; with Hymns by Various Authors, for the Church in Brattle-Square #d136
Social Hymns, and Spiritual Songs: adapted to private and public worship, selected from various authors #179Page Scan
Social Psalmist: or hymns, selected for the private use and social meetings of evangelical Christians #583Page Scan
Songs for the New Life #d295
Songs for the School #d75
Songs for the School Room #d57
Songs of Christian Praise with Music #d230
The American Baptist Sabbath-School Hymn-Book #290Page Scan
The Baptist Hymn and Tune Book: being "The Plymouth Collection" enlarged and adapted to the use of Baptist churches #1299Page Scan
The Baptist Sabbath School Hymn Book #d186
The Book of Worship #d235
The Canadian Baptist Hymn Book #62Page Scan
The Christian Hymn Book #d299
The Christian Hymn Book. 7th ed. #d303
The Christian Lyre. Vol. II #d35
The Christian Psalmist: being a collection of psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs compiled from the most approved authors, and designed as a standard hymn book for public and social worship #581Page Scan
The Christian Psalter #d265
The Church-Book #d195
The Clifton Chapel Collection of "Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs": for public, social and family worship and private devotions at the Sanitarium, Clifton Springs, N. Y. #687Page Scan
The College Hymn and Tune Book #d58
The Disciples' Hymn Book: a collection of hymns and chants for public and private devotion #3Page Scan
The Gospel Hymnal #d296
The Gospel Psalmist #623Page Scan
The Halifax Selection of Hymns: intended as a Supplement to Dr. Watts' Psalms and Hymns #d213
The Manual of Praise for Sabbath and Social Worship #129Page Scan
The Mother's Hymn Book. (Third stereotyped ed. Rev. and enl.) #1Page Scan
The New Hymn Book, Designed for Universalist Societies: compiled from approved authors, with variations and additions (9th ed.) #514Page Scan
The New Hymn Book, Designed for Universalist Societies: compiled from approved authors, with variations and additions. Second Ed. #514Page Scan
The Olive Branch #d66

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