Day-star (Samuel Sebastian Wesley)

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• CPDL #15406: NoteWorthy Composer

Editor: John Henry Fowler (added 2007-11-14).   Score information: A4, 1 page, 23 kbytes   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: SATB version from CyberHymnal - File Sizes: PDF: 23 KB, MIDI: 2 KB, NWC: 1 KB

General Information

Title: Day-star
Composer: Samuel Sebastian Wesley

Number of voices: 4vv  Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Hymns Meter: Category:77. 77. 77
Language: English
Instruments: piano/organ
Published: Lyrics: Charles Wes­ley, Hymns and Spir­it­u­al Songs, 1740; Day-Star, Sam­u­el S. Wes­ley, 1872.

Description:

External websites:

• Cyber Hymnal entry for Day-star

Original text and translations

English text

1.

Christ, whose glory fills the skies,

Christ, the true, the only Light,

Sun of Righteousness, arise,

Triumph o’er the shades of night;

Dayspring from on high, be near;

Day-star, in my heart appear.

2.

Dark and cheerless is the morn

Unaccompanied by Thee;

Joyless is the day’s return

Till Thy mercy’s beams I see;

Till they inward light impart,

Glad my eyes, and warm my heart.

3.

Visit then this soul of mine,

Pierce the gloom of sin and grief;

Fill me, Radiancy divine,

Scatter all my unbelief;

More and more Thyself display,

Shining to the perfect day.

Lyrics: Charles Wes­ley, Hymns and Spir­it­u­al Songs, 1740.