by Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844 - 1889)
Now begin on Christmas Day
Language: English
Moonless darkness stands between. Past, O Past, no more be seen! But the Betlehem star may lead me To the sight of him who freed me From the self that I have been. Make me pure, Lord, Thou art holy; Make me meek, Lord: Thou wert lowly, Now beginning, and always; Now beginning, and allway; Now beginning on Christmas Day.
Authorship:
- by Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844 - 1889) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by John La Montaine (1920 - 2013), "Now begin on Christmas Day", from Songs of the Nativity, no. 4. [ sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Sanna Mansikkaniemi
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 60