Suspice caelum et numera stellas (Look at the heavens and count the stars)
The Dawn is not Distant
Set by Christine Donkin , "The Dawn is not Distant" [ women's chorus ], Cypress Choral Music  [sung text checked 1 time]
Note: this setting is made up of several separate texts.
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"The dawn is not distant,
Nor is the night starless;
[Love is eternal!
God is still God, and
His faith shall not fail us;
Christ is eternal!"]1
Authorship:
- by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807 - 1882), "The Nun of Nidaros", appears in Tales of a Wayside Inn, in The Musician's Tale; The Saga of King Olaf, no. 22, first published 1863
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Lidy van Noordenburg) , "Als stromen in de zomer", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
1 omitted by Donkin.
Researcher for this page: Virginia Knight