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Though the morn may be serene Summer-forms. See also Book 3, Hymn 68

John Newton printed it in 1779 in Olney Hymns, Book II, no. 34.

WRITTEN BY

John Newton 1725–1807

PRINTED

1779 Olney Hymns · no. 34

METRE

7.7.7.7 6 stanzas

WRITTEN ON

A subject no verse printed above it

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STANZA I

Though the morn may be serene

Though the morn may be serene,

Not a threat’ning cloud be seen;

Who can undertake to say

’Twill be pleasant all the day?

Tempests suddenly may rise,

Darkness overspread the skies;

Lightnings flash, and thunders roar,

Ere a short–lived day be o’er.

Its place in the book

Book II of the hymn book, “On occasional subjects”, holds these hymns in this order: 100 hymns. This is number 34. Point at a tick to see the hymn; click it to open that hymn.

NO. 34 · JOHN NEWTON · THIS HYMN Though the morn may be serene

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