Again from calm and sweet repose

Hymnological record of Charles Philpot's nineteenth-century morning hymn, tracing its publication history and reception in American collections.

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"Again from calm and sweet repose" is a nineteenth-century morning hymn composed by the English clergyman Charles Philpot.

The hymn was first published in Mary Anne Jevons's annual literary collection, The Sacred Offering (1835, p. 141), titled simply "Morning Hymn" and set in five four-line stanzas. Manuscript evidence suggests the text may date back as early as 1822, though no definitive publication prior to 1835 has been documented.

Although virtually unknown to English hymnal compilers, the hymn gained traction across several American collections during the nineteenth century. Notably, Edwin Francis Hatfield included the full five-stanza text as No. 15 in his widely used Church Hymn Book (1872).