{"slug": "when-morning-gilds-the-skies", "title": "When Morning Gilds the Skies", "first_line": "When Morning Gilds the Skies", "author": "edward-caswall", "author_date": "1854", "foot": "iambic", "meter": {"pattern": [6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6], "doubled": false, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "topics": ["Praise", "Morning", "Jesus Christ"], "provenance": {"layer": "text", "source": "cyberhymnal", "source_kind": "open_encoding", "pd_basis": "pub_pre_1931", "pd_evidence": "Edward Caswall (1814\u20131878), \"When morning gilds the skies,\" his 1854 translation of the anonymous German \"Beim fr\u00fchen Morgenlicht\" (c. 1828). A four-stanza public-domain cento; lines 3 and 6 of every stanza close with the refrain line \"May Jesus Christ be praised!\". All components pre-1931.", "pd_jurisdictions": {"US": true}}, "stanzas": {"1": {"syllabified": "When morn -- ing gilds the skies, My heart a -- wak -- ing cries, May Je -- sus Christ be praised! A -- like at work and prayer To Je -- sus I re -- pair; May Je -- sus Christ be praised!", "prose": ["When morning gilds the skies,", "My heart awaking cries,", "May Jesus Christ be praised!", "Alike at work and prayer", "To Jesus I repair;", "May Jesus Christ be praised!"]}, "2": {"syllabified": "The night be -- comes as day When from the heart we say, May Je -- sus Christ be praised! The pow'rs of dark -- ness fear When this sweet song they hear, May Je -- sus Christ be praised!", "prose": ["The night becomes as day", "When from the heart we say,", "May Jesus Christ be praised!", "The pow''rs of darkness fear", "When this sweet song they hear,", "May Jesus Christ be praised!"]}, "3": {"syllabified": "Ye na -- tions of man -- kind, In this your con -- cord find: May Je -- sus Christ be praised! Let all the earth a -- round Ring joy -- ous with the sound: May Je -- sus Christ be praised!", "prose": ["Ye nations of mankind,", "In this your concord find:", "May Jesus Christ be praised!", "Let all the earth around", "Ring joyous with the sound:", "May Jesus Christ be praised!"]}, "4": {"syllabified": "In heav'n's e -- ter -- nal bliss The love -- liest strain is this, May Je -- sus Christ be praised! Let earth, and sea, and sky From depth to height re -- ply, May Je -- sus Christ be praised!", "prose": ["In heav'n's eternal bliss", "The loveliest strain is this,", "May Jesus Christ be praised!", "Let earth, and sea, and sky", "From depth to height reply,", "May Jesus Christ be praised!"]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}