The Cyber Hymnal ‎#1272

1272. The Dawn Is Sprinkling in the East

1. The dawn is sprinkling in the east
Its golden shower, as day flows in;
Fast mount the pointed shafts of light:
Farewell to darkness and to sin!

2. Away, ye midnight phantoms all!
Away, despondence and despair!
Whatever guilt the night has brought
Now let it vanish into air.

3. So, Lord, when that last morning breaks,
Looking to which we sigh and pray,
O may it to Thy minstrels prove
The dawning of a better day.

4. To God the Father glory be,
And to His sole begotten Son;
Glory, O Holy Ghost, to Thee
While everlasting ages run.

Text Information

• First Line: The dawn is sprinkling in the east
• Title: The Dawn Is Sprinkling in the East
• Latin Title: Aurora jam spargit polum
• Author (attributed to): Ambrose of Milan (4th century)
• Translator (from Latin): Edward Caswall (1849)
• Meter: LM
• Language: English
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

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