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(Posted 2022-01-14) CPDL #67538:

Editor: Andrew Sims (submitted 2022-01-14). Score information: A4, 1 page, 39 kB Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: The hymn in the version published in The Hymnal 1982, melody with words underlaid.

(Posted 2022-01-14) CPDL #67537:

Editor: Andrew Sims (submitted 2022-01-14). Score information: A4, 1 page, 213 kB Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: The hymn in the version published in The Hymnal 1982, melody with words.

General Information

Title: Brightest and best of the stars of the morning
Composer: Anonymous
Tune: Star in the East
Lyricist: Reginald Heber
Number of voices: 1v Voicing: Unison
Genre: Sacred, Hymn Meter: 11 10. 11 10

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1831 in The Christian Lyre, Volume 1, p. 104
2nd published: 1835 in Southern Harmony, p. 16, Edition 1
3rd published: 1848 in The Hesperian Harp
4th published: 1867 in The Christian Harmony
Description: A textual variant of Brightest and best of the sons of the morning. Melody from The Southern Harmony, 1835

External websites:

https://embassysingers.de/scores/hymns.html

Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at Brightest and best of the sons of the morning.

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 ==Original text and translations==
-{{Text|English|
+{{LinkText|Brightest and best of the sons of the morning}}
-Brightest and best of the stars 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.
-''Refrain:'' Brightest and best of the stars 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.
-Cold on his cradle the dew-drops 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.
-''Refrain''
-Shall we then yield him, in costly devotion,
-odors of Edom, and offerings divine,
-gems of the mountain, and pearls of the ocean,
-myrrh from the forest, and gold from the mine?
-''Refrain''
-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.
-''Refrain**
-Brightest and best of the stars 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.
-''Refrain''}}
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