The Cyber Hymnal ‎#7750

7750. Ye Clouds of Darkness, Hosts of Night

1. Ye clouds and darkness, hosts of night,
That breed confusion and affright,
Begone! o’erhead the dawn shines clear,
The light breaks in, and Christ is here.

2. Earth’s gloom flees broken and dispersed,
By the sun’s piercing shafts coerced:
The day-star’s eyes rain influence bright,
And colors glimmer back to sight.

3. Thee, Christ, alone we know; to Thee
We bend in pure simplicity;
Our songs with tears to Thee arise;
Prove Thou our hearts with Thy clear eyes.

4. Though we be stained with blots within,
Thy quickening rays shall purge our sin;
Light of the morning star, Thy grace
Shed on us from Thy cloudless face.

5. All laud to 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: Ye clouds and darkness, hosts of night
• Title: Ye Clouds of Darkness, Hosts of Night
• Latin Title: Nox et tenebrae et nubila
• Author: Aurelius C. Prudentius, 348-413 (4th Century)
• Translator (from German): R. Martin Pope
• Meter: LM
• Language: English
• Source: Translation in The Hymns of Prudentius, 1905
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

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