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Text:Again the Lord of Light and Life
Author:Anna L. Barbauld
Tune:ARLINGTON
Arranger:Ralph Harrison
Composer:Thomas Augustine Arne
Media:MIDI file

53. Again the Lord of Light and Life

1. Again the Lord of light and life
Awakes the kindling ray,
Unseals the eyelids of the morn,
And pours increasing day.

2. O what a night was that which wrapped
The heathen world in gloom!
O what a Sun which rose this day
Triumphant from the tomb!

3. This day be grateful homage paid,
And loud hosannas sung;
Let gladness dwell in every heart,
And praise on every tongue.

4. Ten thousand different lips shall join
To hail this welcome morn,
Which scatters blessings from its wings
To nations yet unborn.

Text Information
First Line: Again the Lord of light and life
Title: Again the Lord of Light and Life
Author: Anna L. Barbauld (1772)
Meter: CM
Language: English
Source: Hymns for Public Worship, by Dr. W. Enfield (Warrington, England: 1772)
Copyright: Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: ARLINGTON
Composer: Thomas Augustine Arne (1762)
Arranger: Ralph Harrison (1784)
Meter: CM
Incipit: 13332 11123 54332
Key: F Major
Copyright: Public Domain



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