LYRICS
| Meter: | 6 4 6 4 6 7 6 4
| | Writer(s): | Joyce Maxtone Graham (Placzek)
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| Songs of Praise, Enlarged Edition
| 1931
| 63
| The Hymnal 1940
| 1940
| 473
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MUSIC
| Name: | WATCHMAN
| | Meter: | 6 4 6 4 6 7 6 4
| | Writer(s): | T. H. Ingham
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| 1. High o'er the lonely hills
Black turns to grey,
Birdsong the valley fills,
Mists fold away;
Grey wakes to green again,
Beauty is seen again–
Gold and serene again
Dawneth the day.
2. So, o'er the hills of life,
Stormy, forlorn,
Out of the cloud and strife
Sunrise is born;
Swift grows the light for us;
Ended is night for us;
Soundless and bright for us
Breaketh God's morn.
3. Hear we no beat of drums,
Fanfare nor cry,
When Christ the herald comes
Quietly nigh;
Splendour he makes on earth;
Colour awakes on earth;
Suddenly breaks on earth
Light from the sky.
4. Bid then farewell to sleep:
Rise up and run!
What though the hill be steep?
Strength's in the sun.
Now shall you find at last
Night's left behind at last,
And for mankind at last
Day has begun!
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