Lux prima (John Stainer)
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CPDL #15584: NoteWorthy Composer Sibelius4
- Editor: John Henry Fowler (submitted 2007-12-02). Score information: A4, 1 page, 25 kbytes Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Based on the edition from CyberHymnal - File Sizes: PDF: 25 KB, 2nd PDF: 22 KB, MIDI: 2 KB, NoteWorthy Composer: 1 KB, Sib4: 31 KB.
General Information
Title: Lux prima
Composer: John Stainer
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Hymns Meter: 8 12. 8 11
Language: English
Instruments: Keyboard
Published: Tune: Lux Prima, John Stainer, 1872; Lyrics: Friedrich Rudolf Ludwig Freiherr von Canitz, 1700 (Seele du musst munter werden); translated from German to English by Henry J. Buckoll, 1838.
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Original text and translations
English text
- 1.
- Come, my soul, thou must be waking;
- Now is breaking over the earth another day;
- Come to Him Who made this splendor;
- See thou render all thy feeble powers can pay.
- 2.
- Thou, too, hail the light returning
- Ready burning be the incense of thy powers;
- For the night is safely ended,
- God hath tended with His care thy helpless hours.
- 3.
- Pray that He may prosper ever
- Each endeavor when thine aim is good and true;
- But that He may ever thwart thee,
- And convert thee, when thou evil wouldst pursue.
- 4.
- Think that He thy ways beholdeth;
- He unfoldeth every fault that lurks within;
- He the hidden shame glossed over
- Can discover, and discern each deed of sin.
- 5.
- Mayest thou on life’s last morrow,
- Free from sorrow, pass away in slumber sweet:
- And, released from death’s dark sadness,
- Rise in gladness that far brighter Sun to greet.
- 6.
- Only God’s free gifts abuse not,
- Light refuse not, but His Spirit’s voice obey;
- Thou with Him shalt dwell, beholding
- Light enfolding all things in unclouded day.
Lyrics: Friedrich Rudolf Ludwig Freiherr von Canitz, 1700 (Seele du musst munter werden); translated from German to English by Henry J. Buckoll, 1838.