A Morning Hymn
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Title
A Morning Hymn
Description
TWO VOICES.
While yet the sun, God's servant, waits,
And his reviving beams delays,
Around the attendant, misty earth,A dim, cold influence plays.
Our light of life from thee descends;
Thy dim reflections we, to spreadA brighter beam to earth's far ends.
Sweet sounds of heavenly music play
From 'mid those rosy rays, to tellThy glorious resurrection day!
Thy chosen all, though lost in night,
More surely than this morning sun,Shall rise to glory in thy sight!
FULL CHORUS.
Hallelujah! see how his glories wake anew!
As now he mounts into the midway air!
Hallelujah! so shall all thy chosen shine,When raised by thee in beams as bright and fair!
TWO VOICES.
Thou heavenly light! such as thou art!
Thy beams perpetual o'er us shine,
Renewed as often as the foamThat rises on the ocean's brine.
And shall not we arise? of all
Creations, changes though they be
Most wond'rous! and each one shall growMore holy, since so near to thee!
FULL CHORUS.
Hallelujah! see how his glories wake anew!
As now he mounts into the midway air!
Hallelujah! so shall all thy chosen shine,When raised by thee in beams as bright and fair!
Creator
Abraham Messler
Source
New Series 1:1, p. 4
Date
1840.03.07
Contributor
From the German of Klopstock
Collection
Citation
Abraham Messler, “A Morning Hymn,” Periodical Poets, accessed September 16, 2024, https://periodicalpoets.com/items/show/348.
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