Text: | Still, still with thee, when purple morning breaketh |
Author: | Harriet Beecher Stowe, 1812 - 96 |
Tune: | WILLINGHAM |
Composer: | Franz Abt, 1819 - 85 |
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 Still, still with thee, as to each newborn morning
A fresh and solemn splendor still is given,
So does this blessèd consciousness, awaking,
Breathe each day nearness unto thee and heaven.
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 | |
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First Line: | Still, still with thee, when purple morning breaketh |
Author: | Harriet Beecher Stowe, 1812 - 96 |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1958 |
Topic: | The Church: Worship - The Lord's Day; The Church: Worship - Morning; The Life in Christ: Aspiration(1 more...) |
Notes: | This hymn may also be sung to O PERFECT LOVE (No. 300) |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | WILLINGHAM |
Composer: | Franz Abt, 1819 - 85 |
Meter: | 11 10, 11 1 0. |
Key: | E♭ Major |