by John Keble (1792 - 1866)
'Tis gone, that bright and orbèd blaze
Language: English
'Tis gone, that bright and orbèd blaze, Fast fading from our wistful gaze; Yon mantling cloud has hid from sight The last faint pulse of quivering light. In darkness and in weariness The traveler on his way must press; No gleam to watch on tree or tower, Whiling away the lonesome hour. Sun of my soul, Thou Saviour dear, It is not night if Thou be near. Oh, may no earth-born cloud arise To hide Thee from Thy servant's eyes. When round thy wondrous works below My searching, rapturous glance I throw, Tracing out wisdom, power, and love, In earth or sky, in stream or grove; Or by the light Thy words disclose Watch Time's full river as it flows. Scanning Thy gracious providence, Where not too deep for mortal sense: When with dear friends sweet talk I hold And all the flowers of life unfold, Let not my heart within me burn, Except in all I Thee discern. When the soft dews of kindly sleep My wearied eyelids gently steep, Be my last thought how sweet to rest Forever on my Saviour's breast. Abide with me from morn till eve, For without Thee I cannot live; Abide with me when night is nigh, For without Thee I dare not die. Thou Framer of the light and dark, Steer through the tempest Thine own ark: Amid the howling wintry sea We are in port if we have Thee. The rulers of this Christian land, 'Twixt Thee and us ordained to stand, Guide Thou their course, O Lord, aright; Let all do all as in Thy sight. Oh, by Thine own sad burthen, borne So meekly up the hill of scorn, Teach Thou Thy priests their daily cross To bear as Thine nor count it loss! If some poor wandering child of Thine Has spurned today the voice divine, Now, Lord, the gracious work begin; Let him no more lie down in sin. Watch by the sick; enrich the poor With blessings from Thy boundless store; Be every mourner's sleep tonight, Like infant's slumbers, pure and light. Come near and bless us when we wake, Ere through the world our way we take, Till in the ocean of Thy love We lose ourselves in heaven above.
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Note: published anonymously in The Christian Year, 1827.Authorship:
- by John Keble (1792 - 1866), "Evening" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Joseph H. Adams (d. 1938), "Sun of my Soul", published 1901 [voice and piano], London: Novello ; begins "Sun of my soul! Thou Saviour dear" [text not verified]
- by H. W. S. Barnes , "Sun of my Soul", published <<1974 [soprano, tenor, SATB chorus and organ], Cincinnati: Willis ; begins "Sun of my soul! Thou Saviour dear" ; hymn [text not verified]
- by John Blockley (1800 - 1882), "Sun of my Soul", probably begins "Sun of my soul! Thou Saviour dear" [text not verified]
- by L. Butler (fl. 1920?), "Sun of my Soul", published [1926] [unison chorus and organ or piano], hymn ; London: Novello ; begins "Sun of my soul! Thou Saviour dear" [text not verified]
- possibly by Ralph Carmichael , "Sun of my Soul", published <<1974 [SATB chorus a cappella], Waco: Word ; begins "Sun of my soul! Thou Saviour dear" ; composer given as Carmichael [text not verified]
- by George Whitefield Chadwick (1854 - 1931), "Sun of my Soul", published [1904] [tenor, chorus, and organ], anthem; London: Novello ; begins "Sun of my soul! Thou Saviour dear" [text not verified]
- by A. T. Crook , "Sun of my Soul", published <<1974 [SATB chorus a cappella], Melbourne : Allans ; begins "Sun of my soul! Thou Saviour dear" [text not verified]
- by John Crowdy (1834 - 1883), "Sun of my Soul", published [1864] [voice and piano], London: Novello ; begins "Sun of my soul! Thou Saviour dear" [text not verified]
- possibly by Ralph Dunstan (1857 - 1933), "Sun of my Soul", published [1893] [vocal quartet and organ], London : Novello ; begins "Sun of my soul! Thou Saviour dear"; composer given as R. Dunstan [text not verified]
- by Thomas Ely , "Sun of my Soul", published [1891] [alto or baritone, chorus, and organ], London : Novello ; begins "Sun of my soul! Thou Saviour dear" [text not verified]
- by Reverend G. R. Fetherston , "Sun of my Soul", published [1919] [unison chorus and organ or piano], London : Novello ; begins "Sun of my soul! Thou Saviour dear" [text not verified]
- by Alfred Robert Gaul (1837 - 1913), "Sun of my Soul", op. 42 no. ?, published 1890 [soprano and orchestra], from The Ten Virgins, London: Novello; begins "Sun of my soul! Thou Saviour dear" [text not verified]
- by Charles Albert Edwin Harriss (1862 - 1929), "Sun of my Soul", published <<1929 [high voice and piano], NY: G. Schirmer; begins "Sun of my soul! Thou Saviour dear" [text not verified]
- by W. H. Hart , "Sun of my Soul", published [1866] [unison chorus and organ or piano], London: Novello ; begins "Sun of my soul! Thou Saviour dear" [text not verified]
- by W. Dunning Hayward , "Sun of my Soul", published [c1906] [unison chorus and organ or piano], London: Novello ; begins "Sun of my soul! Thou Saviour dear" [text not verified]
- by Henry Hiles (1826 - 1904), "Sun of my Soul", published [1868], London: Novello; begins "Sun of my soul! Thou Saviour dear" [text not verified]
- by Bruno Siegfried Huhn (1871 - 1950), "Sun of my Soul", published <<1929 [voice and piano], NY : G. Schirmer ; begins "Sun of my soul! Thou Saviour dear" [text not verified]
- by H. L. Jenner, Reverend , "Sun of my Soul", published 1862 [SATB chorus and organ], hymn-anthem ; London : Novello; begins "Sun of my soul! Thou Saviour dear" [text not verified]
- by N. F. Byng Johnson , "Sun of my Soul", published <<1958 [voices and organ or piano], London: Novello begins "Sun of my soul! Thou Saviour dear" [text not verified]
- by John J. Joyce , "Sun of my Soul", published [1885], from Two Hymn Tunes, London: Novello ; begins "Sun of my soul! Thou Saviour dear" [text not verified]
- by Henry Joyner , "Sun of my Soul", published [1864] [voice and piano], London: Jewell ; begins "Sun of my soul! Thou Saviour dear" [text not verified]
- by H. Kelway-Bamber , "Sun of my Soul", published [1943], London: Novello; begins "Sun of my soul! Thou Saviour dear" [text not verified]
- by Warren Martin (1916 - ?), "Sun of my Soul", published <<1974 [double chorus a cappella], Bryn Mawr: Theodore Presser ; begins "Sun of my soul! Thou Saviour dear" [text not verified]
- by Ernest Edwin Mitchell , "Sun of my Soul", published [1904] [soprano and bass or alto soli, SATB chorus, and organ], London: Novello ; begins "Sun of my soul! Thou Saviour dear" [text not verified]
- by William Henry Monk (1823 - 1889), "Sun of my Soul", published 1861 [unison chorus and organ with descant], London: Novello; begins "Sun of my soul! Thou Saviour dear"; arrangement of melody titled "Hursley" in the Katholisches Gesangbuch [text not verified]
- by Charles O'Neill (1882 - 1964), "Sun of my Soul", published 1960 [voice and piano], Waterloo : Waterloo ; begins "Sun of my soul! Thou Saviour dear" [text not verified]
- by Herbert Stanley Oakeley (1830 - 1903), "Sun of my Soul", published 1909 [unison chorus and organ], Oxford : Oxford University Press; begins "Sun of my soul! Thou Saviour dear" [text not verified]
- by Edgar Pettman (1866 - ?), "Sun of my Soul" [voice and piano], begins "Sun of my soul! Thou Saviour dear"; published in Vocalist, October 1903 [text not verified]
- by Henry Brinley Richards (1817? - 1885), "Sun of my Soul", published 1869 [voice and piano], London: Curwen ; begins "Sun of my soul! Thou Saviour dear" [text not verified]
- by Paul Ritter , "Sun of my Soul", published 1920, begins "Sun of my soul! Thou Saviour dear"; in Sacred Songs & Solos [text not verified]
- by John Prindle Scott (1877 - 1932), "Sun of my Soul", published <<1931, NY : G. Schirmer; begins "Sun of my soul! Thou Saviour dear" ; in various vocal arrangements arranged by George M. Vail [text not verified]
- by Frederick Newell Shackley (1868 - ?), "Sun of my Soul", published 1907, copyright © 1906 [alto, SATB chorus, and piano], Glasgow : Bayley & Ferguson; begins "Sun of my soul! Thou Saviour dear" [text not verified]
- by Humphrey John Stark (b. 1854), "Sun of my Soul", published [1901] [unison chorus and piano or organ], hymn ; London: Novello; begins "Sun of my soul! Thou Saviour dear" [text not verified]
- by Anne Stratton , "Sun of my Soul", published <<1929 [voice and piano], NY : Harold Flammer ; begins "Sun of my soul! Thou Saviour dear" [text not verified]
- by James Tilleard (1827 - 1876), "Sun of my soul! Thou Saviour dear", published [1867] [chorus and organ], hymn ; London: Novello; begins "Sun of my soul! Thou Saviour dear" [text not verified]
- by Edmund Turner , "Sun of my Soul", published <<1972 [four-part mixed chorus and organ], anthem ; London: Novello; begins "Sun of my soul! Thou Saviour dear" [text not verified]
- by E. W. Wyatt , "Sun of my Soul", published [c1920] [unison chorus and organ or piano], hymn ; London: Novello; begins "Sun of my soul! Thou Saviour dear" [text not verified]
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