Text: | Dayspring Of Eternity |
Author: | Chr. Knorr v. Rosenroth |
Translator: | H. Brueckner |
Tune: | RADIANT MORN |
Composer: | Anon. |
1 Dayspring of eternity,
Light of Light, from God proceeding,
On this morn we turn to Thee,
For Thy radiant brightness pleading.
Let Thy beams dispel with might
Sin's dark night.
2 Send Thy grace like morning dew,
Deign our conscience thus to quicken;
Let life's meadow bloom anew,
Heal all hearts with sorrow stricken,
And Thy ransomed ones restore
Evermore.
3 In Thy love's unchanging glow,
May our coldness swiftly perish,
And may we in fervor grow,
As each morning's light we cherish.
Daily, like the sun, may we
Rise with Thee.
4 O celestial Sun of grace,
May Thy rays ne'er be denied us;
Let them thro' this desert place
And to yonder mansions guide us,
Where Thy saints in glory stay,
Blest for aye.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Dayspring of eternity |
Title: | Dayspring Of Eternity |
Translator: | H. Brueckner (1925) |
Author: | Chr. Knorr v. Rosenroth (1684) |
Meter: | 7 8 7 8 7 3 |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1930 |
Topic: | Morning |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | RADIANT MORN |
Composer: | Anon. |
Meter: | 7 8 7 8 7 3 |
Key: | D Major |
Source: | German chorale: Morgenglanz der Ewigkeit |