To find the Western path,
Right thro' the Gates of Wrath
I urge my way;
Sweet Mercy leads me on
With soft repentant moan:
I see the break of day.

The war of swords and spears,
Melted by dewy tears,
Exhales on high;
The Sun is freed from fears,
And with soft grateful tears
Ascends the sky.

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Text Authorship:

• by William Blake (1757 - 1827), "Morning", written c1800-10, from the Rossetti manuscript, part II [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 Henry Dixon Cowell (1897 - 1965), "Daybreak", L. 694 (1946), published c1950, first performed 1947 [ high voice, piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
• by (Henry) Walford Davies, Sir (1869 - 1941), "Daybreak", 1939, first performed 1939 [ baritone, TB chorus, strings, and organ ] [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Alfred Matthew Hale (1875 - 1960), "Morning ", op. 29 no. 2, published 1913 [ voice, piano, and violin obbligato ], from Five Songs, no. 2, London : A. Lengnick [sung text not yet checked]
• by Fritz Bennicke Hart (1874 - 1949), "Daybreak", op. 9 (Seven songs) no. 7 (1912) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
• by Roger Quilter (1877 - 1953), "Daybreak", op. 20 no. 3 (1917), published 1917 [ voice and piano ], from Three Blake Songs, no. 3, Winthrop Rogers [sung text not yet checked]
• by Dmitri Nikolaevich Smirnov (1948 - 2020), "Morning", op. 32 no. 3, published 1981, rev. 2003, first performed 1986 [ voice and organ ], from Fearful symmetry, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Dmitri Nikolaevich Smirnov (1948 - 2020), "Morning", op. 32a no. 3, published 1981, rev. 2003, first performed 1986 [ voice and piano ], from Fearful symmetry, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Robert Michael Spearing (b. 1950), "To find the Western path ", 1976, first performed 1976 [ baritone, SATB chorus, and small orchestra ], from Visions of William Blake, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Dom Thomas Symons (1887 - 1975), "Daybreak", published c1965 [ voice and piano ], London : J. Curwen ; NY : G. Schirmer [sung text not yet checked]
• by Ronald Tremain (b. 1923), "Morning", published c1955 [ unison chorus and piano ], London : Edward Arnold [sung text not yet checked]
• by John David White (b. 1931), "Morning", first performed 1957 [ high voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]

The text above (or a part of it) is used in the following settings:

• by George Dyson (1883 - 1964), "To find the Western path", from Quo Vadis: a Cycle of Poems, no. 9
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• RUS Russian (Русский) [singable] (Dmitri Smirnov) , copyright © 1981, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2007-03-09
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Word count: 57