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Title: Barthelemon At Vauxhall Author: Thomas Hardy [More Titles by Hardy] Francois Hippolite Barthelemon, first-fiddler at Vauxhall Gardens, composed what was probably the most popular morning hymn-tune ever written. It was formerly sung, full-voiced, every Sunday in most churches, to Bishop Ken's words, but is now seldom heard. He said: "Awake my soul, and with the sun," . . . It lit his face--the weary face of one And then were threads of matin music spun And count it did; till, caught by echoing lyres, -THE END- GO TO TOP OF SCREEN |