The Dawn is Sprinkling in the East
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Its golden shower, as day flows in;
Fast mount the pointed shafts of light:
Farewell to darkness and to sin!
Away, ye midnight phantoms all!
Away, despondence and despair!
Whatever guilt the night has brought
Now let it vanish into air.
So, that last morning, dread and great,
Which we with trembling hope await,
With blessed light for us shall glow
Who chant the song we sang below.
All laud to God the Father be;
All praise, eternal Son, to thee;
All glory, as is ever meet,
To God the Holy Paraclete. Amen.
Tune: Bromley L.M.
Music: Jeremiah Clarke, 1700
Text: Aurora iam spargit polum, attributed to Saint Ambrose of Milan, 337?-397
Translation: Edward Caswall, 1814-1878, alt.
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