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NIGHTINGALE THOU KNOWEST, by                    
First Line: When the sun is rising
Last Line: God of life and love?
Subject(s): Birds; Nightingales


When the sun is rising
Glorious with light,
In the vaulted Heavens
Fade the stars from sight;
As upon its axis
Turns the world around,
Nature wakes from slumber
With a joyous sound.

Man upon his missions
Rushes to and fro;
Downward to the ocean
Streams and rivers flow;
Birds their songs are singing—
Flitting, flashing by;
Rides the sun in glory
High above in sky.

'Til in matchless splendor
Sinking in the west,
Day to night surrenders—
Yields the world to rest;
With the stars reflecting
Glory from above,
From the deepening shadows
Comes a song of love.

Nightingale, thou knowest
Secrets of the night,
Greeting Heaven's Angels
As they pass in flight,—
Singing of the Glory
Seen in depths above,
Knowest thou Jehovah,
God of life and love?





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