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  • CPDL #32033:  Icon_pdf.gif Icon_snd.gif
Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2014-05-17).   Score information: Letter, 1 page, 31 kB   Copyright: Public Domain
Edition notes: Music as in 1807, voiced Treble-Tenor-Bass. Stanza 2 added from Isaac Watts 1719 Psalm 61.
  • CPDL #32034:  Icon_pdf.gif
Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2014-05-17).   Score information: Letter (landscape), 1 page, 30 kB   Copyright: Public Domain
Edition notes: Voiced Treble-Tenor-Bass in 1807, Alto by B. Johnston, 2014. Note shapes added (4-shape).

General Information

Title: Dryden
Composer: Daniel Read
Lyricist: Isaac Watts

Number of voices: 3vv   Voicing: STB

Genre: SacredHymn

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

Published: 1807

Description: Words by Isaac Watts, 1719, adaptation of Psalm 61.

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Original text and translations

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My soul, come meditate the day,
And think how near it stands,
When thou must quit this house of clay,
And fly to unknown lands.

How we should scorn these clothes of flesh,
These fetters, and this load!
And long for evening to undress,
That we may rest with God.