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Haruo Seeking maritime hymns (42) RE: Seeking maritime hymns 03 Oct 12


I just found a (symbolic-)maritime-themed "Star of Bethlehem" song set to "Bonnie Doon" (aka CANDLER) in the 3rd ed. of An American Christmas Harp (p. 114):

  1. When marshall'd on the nightly plains,
    The glitt'ring hosts bestud the sky,
    One star alone of all the train,
    Can fix the sinner's wand'ring eye.
    ||:Hark hark to God the chorus breaks,
    From ev'ry host, From ev'ry gem;
    But one alone the Savior speaks,
    It is the Star of Bethlehem.:||

  2. Once on the raging seas I rode,
    The storm was loud, the night was dark,
    The ocean yawn'd and rudely blow'd,
    The wind that toss'd my found'ring bark.
    ||:Deep horror then my vitals froze;
    Death-struck, I ceased the tide to stem;
    When suddenly a star arose,
    It was the Star of Bethlehem.:||

  3. It was my guide, my light, my all,
    It bade my dark forebodings cease;
    And through the storm and danger's thrall,
    It led me to the port of peace.
    ||:Now safely moored, my perils o'er,
    I'll sing first in night's diadem;
    Forever and forevermore,
    The Star, the Star of Bethlehem.:||


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