Text: | Brightest and best of the sons of the morning |
Author: | Reginald Heber, 1783 - 1826 |
Tune: | MORNING STAR |
Composer: | James P. Harding, c.1860 - 1911 |
1 Brightest and best of the sons of the morning,
Dawn on our darkness and lend us thine aid;
Star of the east, the horizon adorning,
Guide where our infant Redeemer is laid.
2 Cold on his cradle the dew-drops are shining,
Low lies his head with the beasts of the stall;
Angels adore him in slumber reclining,
Maker, and Monarch, and Saviour of all.
3 Say, shall we yield him, in costly devotion,
Odors of Edom and offerings divine;
Gems of the mountain and pearls of the ocean,
Myrrh from the forest, or gold from the mine?
4 Vainly we offer each ample oblation,
Vainly with gifts would his favor secure;
Richer by far is the heart's adoration,
Dearer to God are the prayers of the poor.
5 Brightest and best of the sons of the morning,
Dawn on our darkness and lend us thine aid;
Star of the east, the horizon adorning,
Guide where our infant Redeemer is laid.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Brightest and best of the sons of the morning |
Author: | Reginald Heber, 1783 - 1826 |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1958 |
Topic: | The Church Year: Epiphany |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | MORNING STAR |
Composer: | James P. Harding, c.1860 - 1911 |
Meter: | 11 10, 11 10. |
Key: | A Major |