Bring, O Morn, Thy Music
Hymn composed by
John Bacchus DykesContextual information
Tune Name
NICAEA
Tune Name
Text Meter
12.13.12.10.
10.9.10.9
Song Composer
John Bacchus DykesHymn Arranger
Composer Background information
In 1861, John Bacchus Dykes wrote the melody for this song, which is known as NICAEA. He wrote it as a musical setting for the original text by Reginald Heber which was written in 1826. I grew up singing that hymn in church, and always loved it. My version features the traditional melody but with my own text, which represents my effort to write lyrics that feel more resonant with my own beliefs, as well as with present-day cosmology.
Lyricist Background information
Arranger Background information
Lyrics
Bring, O morn, thy music! Night, thy starlit silence!
Oceans, laugh in rapture to the storm-winds coursing free!
Suns and planets chorus, praise to Thee, Most Holy -
Who was, and is, and evermore shall be.
Life and death, thy creatures, praise thee, mighty Giver!
Praise and prayer are rising in thy beast and bird and tree:
Lo! they praise and vanish, vanish at thy bidding -
Who was, and is, and evermore shall be.
Life nor death can part us, O thou Love eternal,
Shepherd of the wandering star and souls that wayward flee!
Homeward draws the spirit to thy Spirit yearning -
Who was, and is, and evermore shall be.
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