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Text:Wisdom from on High Is Dawning
Author:Adam Michael Wood
Tune:PICARDY

238. Wisdom from on High Is Dawning

1 Wisdom from on high is dawning.
Even now a golden ray
shines into a world of shadows
from the realms of endless day.
Hidden womb who birthed the heavens
in the womb now hides away.

2 In her heart the joy of heaven,
in her hands the poor of earth,
on her back all human sorrow,
in her laugh all human mirth.
God most human, God most holy,
God incarnate comes to birth.

3 All creation stands in wonder
as her glory fills the sky.
Down in adoration falling,
we her children raise the cry:
She who is and was and evermore shall be,
alleluia! God most high!

Text Information
First Line: Wisdom from on high is dawning
Title: Wisdom from on High Is Dawning
Author: Adam Michael Wood (rev. 2017)
Meter: Irregular
Publication Date: 2020
Scripture: ; ; ; ;
Topic: Darkness and Light; God: Feminine Language and Images for; Incarnation (2 more...)
Copyright: © 2010, rev. 2017 Adam Michael Wood
ONE LICENSE: VT238
Notes: This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Tune Information
Name: PICARDY
Meter: Irregular
Key: d minor
Source: French traditional, Chansons populaires des provinces de France, 1860
Notes: For an alternate chord progression, see "You, Lord, Are Both Lamb and Shepherd" (#432).



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