Text:When Morning Gilds the Skies
Translator:Edward Caswall, 1814-1878
Tune:LAUDES DOMINI
Composer:Joseph Barnby, 1838-1896

175. When Morning Gilds the Skies

1. When morning gilds the skies
My heart awaking cries,
May Jesus Christ be praised!
Alike at work and prayer
To Jesus I repair;
May Jesus Christ be praised!

2. Does sadness fill my mind?
A solace here I find.
May Jesus Christ be praised!
Or fades my earthly bliss?
My comfort still is this:
May Jesus Christ be praised!

3. Ye nations of mankind,
In this your concord find:
May Jesus Christ be praised!
Let all the earth around
Ring joyous with the sound,
May Jesus Christ be praised!

4. Be this, while life is mine,
My canticle divine:
May Jesus Christ be praised!
Be this the eternal song
Through all the ages long:
May Jesus Christ be praised!

Text Information
First Line: When morning gilds the skies
Title: When Morning Gilds the Skies
Translator: Edward Caswall, 1814-1878 (Altered)
Meter: 6 6 6 6 6 6
Language: English
Publication Date: 1966
Notes: German, 19th Century
Tune Information
Name: LAUDES DOMINI
Composer: Joseph Barnby, 1838-1896
Meter: 6 6 6 6 6 6
Incipit: 34561 76567 13217
Key: C Major



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