Balmy Morning

Balmy morning! blessed morning!                 Dew-drops bright     All the emerald glade adorning                 In thy light -     In thy golden glowing beam     With an ever-changeful gleam     Flashing sparkling deeply glowing     Varying tints of beauty showing                 Everywhere                 Radiant are             In thy welcome light!     Balmy morning! blessed morning!                 Flowers look up,     With a precious, pearly off'ring,                 In each cup -     Dewy off'ring gleaned by night,     As a tribute to the light, -     Far more precious than the gem     Of a monarch's diadem,                 Is the gift                 Which they lift             To thy welcome light!     Balmy morning! blessed morning!                 Sounds of mirth,     From the vocal vales ascending,                 Hail thy birth.     Happy birds in echoing bowers,     Waken all their tuneful powers,     And spontaneous music springs     From all animated things, -                 Verdant hills,                 Tuneful rills,             Joyful greet thy light!     Balmy morning! blessed morning!                 How serene,     In thy calm and cloudless dawning                 Smiles the scene!     Even man, by care oppressed,     Feels thy gladness thrill his breast,     Hails thee as a source of bliss,     Precious in a world like this,                 Gratefully                 Blessing thee -             Welcome, morning light!