{"id":1712,"date":"2009-12-27T15:40:34","date_gmt":"2009-12-27T20:40:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/iomaire.com\/?p=1712"},"modified":"2010-04-17T14:00:19","modified_gmt":"2010-04-17T18:00:19","slug":"morning-has-broken","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iomaire.com\/index.php\/2009\/12\/27\/morning-has-broken\/","title":{"rendered":"Morning Has Broken"},"content":{"rendered":"

I went to church this morning. Paging through the hymnal, I was surprised to see “Morning Has Broken”, a song I always associated with Cat Stevens, who has since changed his name to Yusuf Islam. The song has always been one of my favorites, but I didn’t know that it was a religious hymn. It was written by Elizabeth Farjeon in 1931 as a child’s poem and is properly known as “A Morning Song (For the First Day of Spring)”. It was set to the tune of “Bunessan”, a traditional Gaelic tune that was collected by Alexander Fraser in the 19th century. The piano arrangement is by Rick Wakeman, of the band Yes.<\/p>\n

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Slideshow by Michael P. Flaherty<\/p>\n

A Morning Song (For the First Day of Spring)<\/p>\n

by Elizabeth Farjeon<\/p>\n

Morning has broken, like the first morning
\nBlackbird has spoken, like the first bird
\nPraise for the singing, praise for the morning
\nPraise for them springing fresh from the word<\/p>\n

Sweet the rain’s new fall, sunlit from heaven
\nLike the first dewfall, on the first grass
\nPraise for the sweetness of the wet garden
\nSprung in completeness where his feet pass<\/p>\n

Mine is the sunlight, mine is the morning
\nBorn of the one light, Eden saw play
\nPraise with elation, praise every morning
\nGod’s recreation of the new day <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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