Sun of my soul, Thou Saviour dear (Joseph Barnby)

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• (Posted 2018-11-10)  CPDL #51806:         

Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2018-11-10).   Score information: A4, 1 page, 54 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Transcribed from the edition on IMSLP. Note values halved.

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Title: Sun of my soul, Thou Saviour dear
Composer: Joseph Barnby
Lyricist: John Keble

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Hymn   Meter: 88. 88 (L.M.)

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1897 in Hymn Tunes, no. 38, p. 17
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Original text and translations

English text

1  Sun of my soul, Thou Saviour dear, it is not night if Thou be near; O, may no earth-born cloud arise, to hide Thee from Thy servant's eyes. 2  When the soft dews of kindly sleep my weary eyelids gently steep, be my last thought-- how sweet to rest forever on my Saviour's breast!

3  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. 4  If some poor wandering child of thine have spurned to-day the voice divine, now, Lord, the gracious work begin; let him no more lie down in sin.

5  Watch by the sick; enrich the poor with blessings from thy boundless store; be every mourner's sleep to-night, like infant's slumbers, pure and light. 6  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.