The Young Man's Song of The Morning Glory.

New Zealand Illustrated Magazine, 1 October 1904, Page 16

The Young Man's Song of The Morning Glory.

{The line, " 1 will wash my hands in the morning glory" is the refrain of an American negro slave-song or hymn, quoted in an early book of Max Milllers). I will wash my hands in the morning glory, All on the Bridge of the colours seven ! I will dress my hair with the darts of the morning, On the level rose at the gate of heaven ! Red and ringed is the spur of morning ; Far and fast are the horses champing ; I will ride on the first and foremost ; Hear how the beaten winds are lumping ! Hark away on the whirling aeons ! Hark away with the Nimrods olden ! Bathed as a babe in the morning glory, Lo, myself ! I ride, beholden ! If love there be on hills of the highest, Love with the left hand lightly gather; Wed is the right to Power, diviner, Red in the gift of the Ancient Father ! I will wash my hands in the morning glory, All on the Bridge of the Living Fire. High is the mark of the Sun (rod's hunting, But the heart of a young man, higher, higher ! Jessie Mackay,