The Cyber Hymnal ‎#3699

3699. Lo! Golden Light Rekindles Day

1. Lo! golden light rekindles day:
Let paling darkness steal away,
Which all too long o’erwhelmed our gaze
And led our steps by winding ways.

2. We pray Thee, rising light serene,
E’en as Thyself our hearts make clean;
Let no deceit our lips defile,
Nor let our souls be vexed by guile.

3. O keep us, as the hours proceed,
From lying word and evil deed;
Our roving eyes from sin set free,
Our body from impurity.

4. For Thou dost from above survey
The converse of each fleeting day;
Thou dost foresee from morning light
Our every deed, until the night.

5. All laud to the God the Father be,
All praise, eternal Son, to Thee;
All glory, as is ever meet,
To God the holy Paraclete.

Text Information

• First Line: Lo! golden light rekindles day
• Title: Lo! Golden Light Rekindles Day
• Latin Title: Lux ecce surgit aurea
• Author: Aurelius C. Prudentius, 348-413
• Translator (from Latin): R. Martin Pope
• Meter: LM
• Language: English
• Source: The Hymns of Prudentius, 1905, and revised in The English Hymnal (London: Oxford University Press, 1906)
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: WAREHAM
• Composer: William Knapp (1738)
• Meter: LM
• Incipit: 11765 12171 23217
• Key: B♭ Major
• Copyright: Public Domain