Epiphany (Samuel Sebastian Wesley)

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Editor: John Henry Fowler (submitted 2007-11-14).   Score information: A4, 1 page, 30 kbytes   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: SATB version from the Cyber Hymnal™ - File Sizes: PDF: 30 KB, MIDI: 4 KB, NoteWorthy Composer: 2 KB

General Information

Title: Epiphany
Composer: Samuel Sebastian Wesley

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Hymns   Meter:  11 10. 11 10. D

Language: English
Instruments: Keyboard
Published: Tune: Epiphany (Wes­ley), Sam­u­el S. Wesley, in Kem­ble’s Se­lect­ion, 1864; Words: Re­gi­nald He­ber, 1811. Heber orig­in­al­ly wrote this hymn for the Feast of the Epi­pha­ny. It was first pub­lished in the Christ­ian Ob­serv­er in 1811, but did not ap­pear in hym­nals un­til af­ter He­ber’s death.

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External websites:

• Cyber Hymnal™ entry for Epiphany

Original text and translations

English text

1.

Brightest and best of the sons of the morning,

Dawn on our darkness and lend us Thine aid;

Star of the East, the horizon adorning,

Guide where our infant Redeemer is laid.

2.

Cold on His cradle the dewdrops are shining;

Low lies His head with the beasts of the stall;

Angels adore Him in slumber reclining,

Maker and Monarch and Savior of all!

3.

Say, shall we yield Him, in costly devotion,

Odors of Edom and offerings divine?

Gems of the mountain and pearls of the ocean,

Myrrh from the forest, or gold from the mine?

4.

Vainly we offer each ample oblation,

Vainly with gifts would His favor secure;

Richer by far is the heart’s adoration,

Dearer to God are the prayers of the poor.

Lyrics: Re­gi­nald He­ber, The Christian Observer, 1811.