The Lutheran Hymnary ‎#549

549. Still, still with Thee, when purple morning breaketh

1 Still, still with Thee, when purple morning breaketh,
When the bird waketh, and the shadows flee;
Fairer than morning, lovelier than daylight,
Dawns the sweet consciousness, I am with Thee!

2 Alone with Thee, amid the mystic shadows,
The solemn hush of nature newly born;
Alone with Thee, in breathless adoration,
In the calm dew and freshness of the morn.

3 When sinks the soul, subdued by toil, to slumber,
Its closing eye looks up to Thee in prayer;
Sweet the repose beneath the wings o’ershading,
But sweeter still, to wake and find Thee there.

4 So shall it be at last, in that bright morning,
When the soul waketh, and life’s shadows flee;
O in that hour, fairer than daylight dawning,
Shall rise the glorious thought, I am with Thee!

Text Information

• First Line: Still, still with Thee, when purple morning breaketh
• Author: Mrs. H. B. Stowe (1855)
• Meter: 11, 10. 4L.
• Publication Date: 1913
• Topic: Family Prayer: Morning

Tune Information

• Name: [Still, still with Thee, when purple morning breaketh]
• Composer: Frantz Abt, 1819—85
• Meter: 11, 10. 4L.
• Key: F Major