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Author: William Blake, 1757-1827 Meter: 7.7.7.7 Appears in 2 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Every night and every morn some to misery are born; every morn and every night some are born to sweet delight. 2 Joy and woe are woven fine, clothing for the soul divine: under every grief and pine runs a joy with silken twine. 3 It is right it should be so: we were made for joy and woe; and when this we rightly know, safely through the world we go. Topics: Transcending Mystery and Wonder The Celebration of Life; Paradox and Ambiguity; Rich and poor; Wisdom and Understanding Used With Tune: THE CALL

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THE CALL

Meter: 7.7.7.7 Appears in 48 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1872-1958 Tune Key: E Flat Major Incipit: 13556 45135 56457 Used With Text: Every Night and Every Morn

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Every Night and Every Morn

Author: William Blake, 1757-1827 Hymnal: Singing the Living Tradition #17 (1993) Meter: 7.7.7.7 Lyrics: 1 Every night and every morn some to misery are born; every morn and every night some are born to sweet delight. 2 Joy and woe are woven fine, clothing for the soul divine: under every grief and pine runs a joy with silken twine. 3 It is right it should be so: we were made for joy and woe; and when this we rightly know, safely through the world we go. Topics: Transcending Mystery and Wonder The Celebration of Life; Paradox and Ambiguity; Rich and poor; Wisdom and Understanding Languages: English Tune Title: THE CALL

Every night and every morn

Author: William Blake Hymnal: Hymns for the Celebration of Life #d43 (1964) Languages: English

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Ralph Vaughan Williams

1872 - 1958 Person Name: Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1872-1958 Composer of "THE CALL" in Singing the Living Tradition Through his composing, conducting, collecting, editing, and teaching, Ralph Vaughan Williams (b. Down Ampney, Gloucestershire, England, October 12, 1872; d. Westminster, London, England, August 26, 1958) became the chief figure in the realm of English music and church music in the first half of the twentieth century. His education included instruction at the Royal College of Music in London and Trinity College, Cambridge, as well as additional studies in Berlin and Paris. During World War I he served in the army medical corps in France. Vaughan Williams taught music at the Royal College of Music (1920-1940), conducted the Bach Choir in London (1920-1927), and directed the Leith Hill Music Festival in Dorking (1905-1953). A major influence in his life was the English folk song. A knowledgeable collector of folk songs, he was also a member of the Folksong Society and a supporter of the English Folk Dance Society. Vaughan Williams wrote various articles and books, including National Music (1935), and composed numerous arrangements of folk songs; many of his compositions show the impact of folk rhythms and melodic modes. His original compositions cover nearly all musical genres, from orchestral symphonies and concertos to choral works, from songs to operas, and from chamber music to music for films. Vaughan Williams's church music includes anthems; choral-orchestral works, such as Magnificat (1932), Dona Nobis Pacem (1936), and Hodie (1953); and hymn tune settings for organ. But most important to the history of hymnody, he was music editor of the most influential British hymnal at the beginning of the twentieth century, The English Hymnal (1906), and coeditor (with Martin Shaw) of Songs of Praise (1925, 1931) and the Oxford Book of Carols (1928). Bert Polman

William Blake

1757 - 1827 Person Name: William Blake, 1757-1827 Author of "Every Night and Every Morn" in Singing the Living Tradition Blake, William, poet and painter, born 1757, and died 1827. Published Songs of Innocence in 1789, in which appeared a poem in 9 stanzas of 4 lines beginning. "Can I see another's woe" (Sympathy), and headed "On Another's Sorrow." (See also The Poems of William Blake, &c, Lond., W. Pickering, 1874, p. 105.) This poem is repeated in Martineau's Hymns, &c, 1873, and others. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907) ==================== Blake, William, p. 1553, ii. Another poem from his Songs of Innocence is "To Mercy, Pity, Peace and Love." In 1789 ed., p. 17, it is entitled "The Divine Image." The English Hymnal, 1906, No. 506, ranks it among General Hymns. It is certainly difficult to call it a hymn at all, or to assign it to any special purpose. [Rev. James Mearns, M.A.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)