Lux prima - Stainer, John

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⌛ Period → Romantic ◈ Genre → Hymns

♯ Key A minor

⁄ Time Signature 2/2

♬ Voicing → SATB

◆ Difficulty

Elementary

↕ Range G2 – F5

¶ Language → English

Measures 12

Texture mixed texture

Parts 2

Instruments Keyboard

Pages 1

CPDL # 15584

Editor John Henry Fowler

Posted 2007-12-02

License Public Domain

♫Pitch Ranges

B3 – F5

G2 – F4

¶Lyrics / 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.