SAINTS' DAYS: ST. JOHN BAPTIST
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HAIL HARBINGER OF MORN. (6 6. 10. D.)
In moderate time 𝅗𝅥 = 80.
W. H. Bell.
The Venerable Bede, 673–725.
Tr. C. S. Culverley †.
Praecursor altus luminis.
HAIL, harbinger of morn:
Thou that art this day born,
And heraldest the Word with clarion voice!
Ye faithful ones, in him
Behold the dawning dim
Of the bright day, and let your hearts rejoice.
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