{"slug": "brightest-and-best-of-the-sons-of-the-morning", "title": "Brightest and Best of the Sons of the Morning", "first_line": "Brightest and best of the sons of the morning", "author": "reginald-heber", "author_date": "1811", "foot": "iambic", "meter": {"pattern": [11, 10, 11, 10], "doubled": false, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "topics": ["Epiphany", "Christmas"], "provenance": {"layer": "text", "source": "cyberhymnal", "source_kind": "open_encoding", "pd_basis": "pub_pre_1931", "pd_evidence": "Reginald Heber, \"Brightest and best of the sons of the morning,\" written 1811, published in the Christian Observer (1811). Heber d. 1826; all components pre-1931.", "pd_jurisdictions": {"US": true}}, "stanzas": {"1": {"syllabified": "Bright -- est and best of the sons of the morn -- ing, Dawn on our dark -- ness, and lend us thine aid; Star of the East, the ho -- ri -- zon a -- dorn -- ing, Guide where our in -- fant Re -- deem -- er is laid.", "prose": ["Brightest and best of the sons of the morning,", "Dawn on our darkness, and lend us thine aid;", "Star of the East, the horizon adorning,", "Guide where our infant Redeemer is laid."]}, "2": {"syllabified": "Cold on His cra -- dle the dew -- drops are shin -- ing, Low lies His head with the beasts of the stall; An -- gels a -- dore Him in slum -- ber re -- clin -- ing, Mak -- er and Mon -- arch and Sav -- ior of all.", "prose": ["Cold on His cradle the dewdrops are shining,", "Low lies His head with the beasts of the stall;", "Angels adore Him in slumber reclining,", "Maker and Monarch and Savior of all."]}, "3": {"syllabified": "Say, shall we yield Him, in cost -- ly de -- vo -- tion, O -- dors of E -- dom and of -- f'rings di -- vine, Gems of the moun -- tain and pearls of the o -- cean, Myrrh from the for -- est and gold from the mine?", "prose": ["Say, shall we yield Him, in costly devotion,", "Odors of Edom and off'rings divine,", "Gems of the mountain and pearls of the ocean,", "Myrrh from the forest and gold from the mine?"]}, "4": {"syllabified": "Vain -- ly we of -- fer each am -- ple ob -- la -- tion, Vain -- ly with gifts would His fa -- vor se -- cure; Rich -- er by far is the heart's ad -- o -- ra -- tion, Dear -- er to God are the prayers of the poor.", "prose": ["Vainly we offer each ample oblation,", "Vainly with gifts would His favor secure;", "Richer by far is the heart's adoration,", "Dearer to God are the prayers of the poor."]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}