12MORNING HYMN

12MORNING HYMNO golden Sun, whose rayMy path illumineth:Light of the circling day,Whose night is birth and death:That dost not stint the primeOf wise and strong, nor stayThe changeful ordering time,That brings their sure decay:Though thou, the central sphere,Dost seem to turn aroundThy creature world, and nearAs father fond art found;Thereon, as from aboveTo shine, and make rejoiceWith beauty, life, and love,The garden of thy choice,To dress the jocund SpringWith bounteous promise gayOf hotter months, that bringThe full perfected day;To touch with richest goldThe ripe fruit, ere it fall;And smile through cloud and coldOn Winter’s funeral.Now with resplendent floodGladden my waking eyes,And stir my slothful bloodTo joyous enterprise.Arise, arise, as whenAt first God saidLight be!That He might make us menWith eyes His light to see.Scatter the clouds that hideThe face of heaven, and showWhere sweet Peace doth abide,Where Truth and Beauty grow.Awaken, cheer, adorn,Invite, inspire, assureThe joys that praise thy morn,The toil thy noons mature:And soothe the eve of day,That darkens back to death;O golden Sun, whose rayOur path illumineth!

12MORNING HYMNO golden Sun, whose rayMy path illumineth:Light of the circling day,Whose night is birth and death:That dost not stint the primeOf wise and strong, nor stayThe changeful ordering time,That brings their sure decay:Though thou, the central sphere,Dost seem to turn aroundThy creature world, and nearAs father fond art found;Thereon, as from aboveTo shine, and make rejoiceWith beauty, life, and love,The garden of thy choice,To dress the jocund SpringWith bounteous promise gayOf hotter months, that bringThe full perfected day;To touch with richest goldThe ripe fruit, ere it fall;And smile through cloud and coldOn Winter’s funeral.Now with resplendent floodGladden my waking eyes,And stir my slothful bloodTo joyous enterprise.Arise, arise, as whenAt first God saidLight be!That He might make us menWith eyes His light to see.Scatter the clouds that hideThe face of heaven, and showWhere sweet Peace doth abide,Where Truth and Beauty grow.Awaken, cheer, adorn,Invite, inspire, assureThe joys that praise thy morn,The toil thy noons mature:And soothe the eve of day,That darkens back to death;O golden Sun, whose rayOur path illumineth!

O golden Sun, whose rayMy path illumineth:Light of the circling day,Whose night is birth and death:That dost not stint the primeOf wise and strong, nor stayThe changeful ordering time,That brings their sure decay:Though thou, the central sphere,Dost seem to turn aroundThy creature world, and nearAs father fond art found;Thereon, as from aboveTo shine, and make rejoiceWith beauty, life, and love,The garden of thy choice,To dress the jocund SpringWith bounteous promise gayOf hotter months, that bringThe full perfected day;To touch with richest goldThe ripe fruit, ere it fall;And smile through cloud and coldOn Winter’s funeral.Now with resplendent floodGladden my waking eyes,And stir my slothful bloodTo joyous enterprise.Arise, arise, as whenAt first God saidLight be!That He might make us menWith eyes His light to see.Scatter the clouds that hideThe face of heaven, and showWhere sweet Peace doth abide,Where Truth and Beauty grow.Awaken, cheer, adorn,Invite, inspire, assureThe joys that praise thy morn,The toil thy noons mature:And soothe the eve of day,That darkens back to death;O golden Sun, whose rayOur path illumineth!

O golden Sun, whose rayMy path illumineth:Light of the circling day,Whose night is birth and death:That dost not stint the primeOf wise and strong, nor stayThe changeful ordering time,That brings their sure decay:Though thou, the central sphere,Dost seem to turn aroundThy creature world, and nearAs father fond art found;Thereon, as from aboveTo shine, and make rejoiceWith beauty, life, and love,The garden of thy choice,To dress the jocund SpringWith bounteous promise gayOf hotter months, that bringThe full perfected day;To touch with richest goldThe ripe fruit, ere it fall;And smile through cloud and coldOn Winter’s funeral.Now with resplendent floodGladden my waking eyes,And stir my slothful bloodTo joyous enterprise.Arise, arise, as whenAt first God saidLight be!That He might make us menWith eyes His light to see.Scatter the clouds that hideThe face of heaven, and showWhere sweet Peace doth abide,Where Truth and Beauty grow.Awaken, cheer, adorn,Invite, inspire, assureThe joys that praise thy morn,The toil thy noons mature:And soothe the eve of day,That darkens back to death;O golden Sun, whose rayOur path illumineth!

O golden Sun, whose rayMy path illumineth:Light of the circling day,Whose night is birth and death:

O golden Sun, whose ray

My path illumineth:

Light of the circling day,

Whose night is birth and death:

That dost not stint the primeOf wise and strong, nor stayThe changeful ordering time,That brings their sure decay:

That dost not stint the prime

Of wise and strong, nor stay

The changeful ordering time,

That brings their sure decay:

Though thou, the central sphere,Dost seem to turn aroundThy creature world, and nearAs father fond art found;

Though thou, the central sphere,

Dost seem to turn around

Thy creature world, and near

As father fond art found;

Thereon, as from aboveTo shine, and make rejoiceWith beauty, life, and love,The garden of thy choice,

Thereon, as from above

To shine, and make rejoice

With beauty, life, and love,

The garden of thy choice,

To dress the jocund SpringWith bounteous promise gayOf hotter months, that bringThe full perfected day;

To dress the jocund Spring

With bounteous promise gay

Of hotter months, that bring

The full perfected day;

To touch with richest goldThe ripe fruit, ere it fall;And smile through cloud and coldOn Winter’s funeral.

To touch with richest gold

The ripe fruit, ere it fall;

And smile through cloud and cold

On Winter’s funeral.

Now with resplendent floodGladden my waking eyes,And stir my slothful bloodTo joyous enterprise.

Now with resplendent flood

Gladden my waking eyes,

And stir my slothful blood

To joyous enterprise.

Arise, arise, as whenAt first God saidLight be!That He might make us menWith eyes His light to see.

Arise, arise, as when

At first God saidLight be!

That He might make us men

With eyes His light to see.

Scatter the clouds that hideThe face of heaven, and showWhere sweet Peace doth abide,Where Truth and Beauty grow.

Scatter the clouds that hide

The face of heaven, and show

Where sweet Peace doth abide,

Where Truth and Beauty grow.

Awaken, cheer, adorn,Invite, inspire, assureThe joys that praise thy morn,The toil thy noons mature:

Awaken, cheer, adorn,

Invite, inspire, assure

The joys that praise thy morn,

The toil thy noons mature:

And soothe the eve of day,That darkens back to death;O golden Sun, whose rayOur path illumineth!

And soothe the eve of day,

That darkens back to death;

O golden Sun, whose ray

Our path illumineth!


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