O Jesus, quicken me (Jennifer Bastable)

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• (Posted 2026-01-15)  CPDL #88069:       

Editor: Jennifer Bastable (submitted 2026-01-15).   Score information: A4, 5 pages, 356 kB   Copyright: Personal

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General Information

Title: O Jesus, quicken me
Composer: Jennifer Bastable
Lyricist: Christina Rossetti
Number of voices: 6vv   Voicing: SSATB + Mezzo soloist
Genre: Sacred, Anthem

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published:
Description: A setting for five voices and mezzo-soprano soloist (range Bb to Eb) of the first verse of Christina Rossetti's poem 'A Better Resurrection.'

The sombre text is suitable for Ash Wednesday and Lent.

Original text and translations

English text

I have no wit, no words, no tears;
My heart within me like a stone
Is numb'd too much for hopes or fears;
Look right, look left, I dwell alone;
I lift mine eyes, but dimm'd with grief
No everlasting hills I see;
My life is in the falling leaf:
O Jesus, quicken me.