Brightest and best of the sons of morning (Henry Walford Davies)

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Editor: Christopher R. Baker (submitted 2000-11-27).   Copyright: Creative Commons Attribution 1.0

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General Information

Title: WALLOG Brightest and Best of the Sons of Morning
Composer: Henry Walford Davies

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Carols

Language: English
Instruments: a cappella
Published:

Description:

External websites:

• Cyber Hymnal™ entry for Brightest and Best of the Sons of Morning with the tune MORNING STAR

See also Brightest and best (Traditional) for other tunes associated with this text

Original text and translations

English text

1.

Brightest and best of the sons of the morning,

Dawn on our darkness and lend us Thine aid;

Star of the East, the horizon adorning,

Guide where our infant Redeemer is laid.

2.

Cold on His cradle the dewdrops are shining;

Low lies His head with the beasts of the stall;

Angels adore Him in slumber reclining,

Maker and Monarch and Savior of all!

3.

Say, shall we yield Him, in costly devotion,

Odors of Edom and offerings divine?

Gems of the mountain and pearls of the ocean,

Myrrh from the forest, or gold from the mine?

4.

Vainly we offer each ample oblation,

Vainly with gifts would His favor secure;

Richer by far is the heart’s adoration,

Dearer to God are the prayers of the poor.

Lyrics: Re­gi­nald He­ber, 1811.