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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
BEIM FRUHEN MORGENLICHT, by ANONYMOUS First Line: When morning gilds the skies Last Line: Though ages all along: / may jesus christ be praised! | |||
When morning gilds the skies, My heart, awaking, cries, May Jesus Christ be praised! Alike at work and prayer, To Jesus I repair; May Jesus Christ be praised! Whene'er the sweet church-bell Peals over hill and dell, May Jesus Christ be praised! O, hark to what it sings As joyously it rings, May Jesus Christ be praised! My tongue shall never tire Of chanting with the choir, May Jesus Christ be praised! This song of sacred joy, It never seems to cloy; May Jesus Christ be praised! When sleep her balm denies, My silent spirit sighs, May Jesus Christ be praised! When evil thoughts molest, With this I shield my breast: May Jesus Christ be praised! Does sadness fill my mind, A solace here I find: May Jesus Christ be praised! Or fades my earthly bliss, My comfort still is this: May Jesus Christ be praised! The night becomes as day, When from the heart we say, May Jesus Christ be praised! The powers of darkness fear When this sweet chant they hear: May Jesus Christ be praised! In heaven's eternal bliss The loveliest strain is this: May Jesus Christ be praised! Let earth, and sea, and sky From depth to height reply, May Jesus Christ be praised! Be this, while life is mine, My canticle divine: May Jesus Christ be praised! Be this the eternal song Through ages all along: May Jesus Christ be praised! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest..."'TIS MIDNIGHT, AND THE SETTING SUN" by ANONYMOUS "'TWAS ROLLOG, AND THE MINIM POTES" by ANONYMOUS 1648 : FOR COSSACKS by ANONYMOUS A CHERRY YEAR / A MERRY YEAR by ANONYMOUS A COMET FROM THE RHYMERS' CLUB AFAR by ANONYMOUS "A FOX, A FOX, UP GALLANTS TO THE FIELDS" by ANONYMOUS A HORSE AND A FLEA AND THREE BLIND MICE by ANONYMOUS "A LAIRD, A LORD / A COOPER, A THIEF" by ANONYMOUS A LITTLE COCK SPARROW SAT ON A GREEN TREE by ANONYMOUS |
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