For other English-language translations of this work, see Jam lucis orto sidere.
For other versions of this translation, see Now doth the sun ascend the sky.
Catholic Hymns (1860)
by Henry Formby
Morning Hymn
attributed to Ambrose of Milan, translated by Edward Caswall
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HYMNS

FOR

MORNING AND EVENING.




1.

Morning Hymn.

Now doth the sun ascend the sky,
And wake creation with its ray:
Be present with us, Lord most high,
Through all the actions of the day.

Create in us a heart sincere,
Simplicity of word and will;
And may the morn, so pure, so clear,
Its own sweet calm in us instil.

Keep us, eternal Lord, this day,
From every sinful passion free;
Grant us in all we do and say,
In all our thoughts to honour Thee.

For all day long on heaven's high tower
There stands Thy sentinel, who spies
Our every action hour by hour,
From early dawn till daylight dies.

So when the evening stars appear,
And in their train the darkness bring,
May we, O Lord, with conscience clear,
To Thee our grateful praises sing.