Hymnal: Fillmore's Harp of Zion
Date: 1867
Compiler: A D Fillmore
Publisher/Printer: R W Carroll & Co
First Line: The purple tints of morn appear
Topic: <no topic given>
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: DLM
Tune: Illumination
Hymn Number: <no hymn number given>
Page Number: 045, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsThe purple tints of morn appear,
And glow across the blushing east;
The brilliant orb of day is near,
To dissipate the lingering mist;
And while his mantling splendors dart
Their radiance o'er the kindling skies,
To chase the darkness of my heart,
Arise, O god of light, arise!
arise! arise! arise!
Creation smiles thro' all her tears,
Ten thousand sparkling drops of dew;
His head the lofty mountain rears,
To meet the earliest sunbeam true:
So shall I smile, amid my woe,
When sorrows drown my weeping eyes;
So shall my bosom learn to glow,
If thou, my glorious Sun, arise!
arise! arise! arise!
Dark as the world's unfashioned face
In ancient night's primeval reign,
Till thou the mournful shadows chase,
Must this poor sinful breast remain;
But he who leads the morning stars,
And kindles up the eastern skies,
Himself, to dissipate my cares,
The Daystar of my heart shall rise!
shall rise! shall rise! shall rise!