A moment in the morning,
Ere the cares of day begin,
Ere the heart’s wide door is open
For the world to enter in:
Ah, then, alone with Jesus,
In the silence of the morn,
In heavenly, sweet communion,
Let your duty day be born:
In the quietude that blesses
With a prelude of repose,
Let your soul be soothed and softened,
As the dew revives the rose.