| Text: | Brightest and Best of the Stars of the Morning |
| Author: | Reginald Heber |
| Tune: | WALKER |
| Text Information | |
|---|---|
| First Line: | Brightest and best of the stars of the morning |
| Title: | Brightest and Best of the Stars of the Morning |
| Author: | Reginald Heber (1811, alt.) |
| Meter: | 11 10.11 10 |
| Language: | English |
| Publication Date: | 1998 |
| Tune Information | |
|---|---|
| Name: | WALKER |
| Meter: | 11 10.11 10 |
| Key: | G Major or modal |
| Source: | Walker's Southern Harmony, 1835; Harm. FCC, 1997 |
| Copyright: | Harm. © 1998 FCC Houston TX |
Here a text by an English Anglican bishop is set to an American Appalachian tune. The dactylic meter of one strong, then two weak pulses, makes it 'dance'