Like morning, when her early breeze

Like morning, when her early breeze

Author: Thomas Moore
Published in 30 hymnals

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Like morning, when her early breeze
Breaks up the surface of the seas,
That, in their furrows, dark with night,
Her hand may sow the seeds of light;

Thy grace can send its breathings o’er
The spirit, dark and lost before;
And freshening all its depths, prepare
For truth divine to enter there!

Till David touched his sacred lyre,
In silence lay the unbreathing wire,
But when he swept its chords along,
E’en angels stooped to hear the song.

So sleeps the soul, till Thou, O Lord,
Shall deign to touch its lifeless chord;
Till, waked by Thee, its breath shall rise
In music worthy of the skies.



Source: A Book of Hymns for Public and Private Devotion (15th ed.) #510

Author: Thomas Moore

Thomas Moore United Kingdom 1779-1852. Born at Dublin, Ireland, the son of a grocer, he showed an early interest in music and acting. He was educated at a private school and Trinity College, Dublin. He read at the Middle Temple for the Bar. Moore did not profess religious piety. His translations of ‘Anacreon’ (celebrating wine, women, and song) were published in 1800, with a dedication to the Prince of Wales. He also wrote a comic opera, “the gypsy prince”, staged that year. In 1801 he published a collection of his own verse, “Poetical works of the late Thomas Little Esq”. A Catholic patriot, he defended the Church of Ireland, especially in later politics. In 1803 he held a post under the Government in Bermuda as regis… Go to person page >

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First Line: Like morning, when her early breeze
Author: Thomas Moore
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

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A Book of Hymns for Public and Private Devotion (15th ed.) #510

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A Book of Hymns for Public and Private Devotion. (10th ed.) #510

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Church Harmonies #446

Devotional Melodies, Adapted to Social Worship #d54

Family Singing Book. Rev ed. with Supplement #d155

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Good-Will Songs #82

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Hymns for Christian Devotion #426

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Hymns for Christian Devotion #426

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Hymns for Public Worship #183

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Hymns for the Church of Christ (3rd thousand) #343

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Hymns for the Church of Christ. (6th thousand) #343

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Hymns of the Spirit #336

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Ocean Melodies, and Seamen's Companion #109b

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Plymouth Collection #a483

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Plymouth Collection of Hymns and Tunes; for the use of Christian Congregations #483

Prayers and Hymns for the Church and the Home #d346

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Songs for the Sanctuary, or Hymns and Tunes for Christian Worship #428

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Songs for the Sanctuary; or Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship (Baptist Ed.) #428

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Songs for the Sanctuary; or, Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship (Words only) #428

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Songs for the Sanctuary #428

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Songs for the Sanctuary #428

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Songs for the Sanctuary #428

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Songs of the Church #230

Songs of the Unity #d111

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The Baptist Hymn and Tune Book #483

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The Brethren Hymnal #316

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The Christian Hymn Book #409

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The Congregational Hymn Book #415

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The Gospel Psalmist #312

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