Hymns of the Russian Church
Translated by John Brownlie
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The opening
MORNING
The rosy-fingered dawn appears, And lo, the sun uprise; His shafts like golden pointed spears Illume the brightening skies; — Up, soul of mine, in beauty shine, And praise the Lord of Light divine.
Thou hast a task to do this day. Thy God to serve in all; Like morn and noon thy light display, Ere night in darkness fall. — Up, soul of mine, in beauty shine, And praise the Lord of Light divine.
The rosy morn shall fade away, The sun his course complete; Thy task must end with close of day. When light and darkness greet. — Up, soul of mine, in beauty shine. And praise the Lord of Light divine.
Eternal light eternal glows, Beyond the realms of time; Where service still to service grows, As suns to noontide climb. — Up, soul of mine, in beauty shine. And praise the Lord of Light divine.
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About this edition
- The words
- John Brownlie's English translation, copied word for word.
- Left out
- Notes and pages added by translators, editors or publishers, in 2 places
- The front cover, read in pieces by the OCR (“HYM”, “HUR”, “'RANSLATED BY ⏎ HN BROWN LiE”) (6 blocks)
- Other material that isn't the author's
- Handwriting on the flyleaf, read as garble by the OCR (“yflC' ^.^loee^/iu^.”) (4 blocks)
- Half-title
- A library stamp and date stamp read by the OCR (“^Vi OF PH%^^”, “JAN " 7 1933”) (2 blocks)
- The title page and opening pages before chapter 1
- Imprint (“HUMPHREY MILFORD ⏎ OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS”, the cities, 1920) (3 blocks)
- Page numbers and running heads from the printed pages, in 124 places
- Closing line “THE END”
- Printer's line (“Printed by R. & R. Clark, Limited, Edinburgh,”)
- Scan speck read as “•” standing alone (2 blocks)
- Scan speck read as “«” standing alone