Now with creation's early song

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Now with creation's early song

Author: Aurelius Clemens Prudentius
Published in 4 hymnals

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1 Now with creation's early song,
Let us, the children of the day,
Cast off the darkness which so long
Has led our guilty souls astray.

2 O, may the morn, so pure, so clear,
Its own sweet calm in us instil--
A guileless mind, a heart sincere,
Simplicity of word and will.

3 And ever, as the day glides by,
May we the busy senses rein,
Keep guard upon the hand and eye,
Nor let the body suffer stain.

4 Give grace, O God, for love of thee,
To scorn all vanities below,
Faith to detect each falsity,
And knowledge thee alone to know.

Source: The Christian hymnary: a selection of hymns & tunes for Christian worship #99

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Author: Aurelius Clemens Prudentius

Marcus Aurelius Clemens Prudentius, "The Christian Pindar" was born in northern Spain, a magistrate whose religious convictions came late in life. His subsequent sacred poems were literary and personal, not, like those of St. Ambrose, designed for singing. Selections from them soon entered the Mozarabic rite, however, and have since remained exquisite treasures of the Western churches. His Cathemerinon liber, Peristephanon, and Psychomachia were among the most widely read books of the Middle Ages. A concordance to his works was published by the Medieval Academy of America in 1932. There is a considerable literature on his works. --The Hymnal 1940 Companion… Go to person page >

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