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'''Description:''' Words by a "Mr. Phelps," of unknown identity (see Steel 1995), with nine stanzas. | '''Description:''' Words by a "Mr. Phelps," of unknown identity (see Steel 1995), with nine stanzas. | ||
'''External websites:''' | '''External websites:''' | ||
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Mangled bodies strew the plains; | Mangled bodies strew the plains; | ||
Parents, children, friends and brothers | Parents, children, friends and brothers | ||
By each other's hands are slain. | By each other's hands are slain. | ||
5. Listen, then, Columbians, listen, | 5. Listen, then, Columbians, listen, |
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- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2017-12-09). Score information: 7 x 10 inches (landscape), 1 page, 44 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape). All nine stanzas included.
General Information
Title: Genius
First Line: Now be still, ye boisterous passions
Composer: Stephen Jenks
Lyricist: Phelps
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Patriotic music Meter: 87. 87
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1799 in The New England Harmonist
Description: Words by a "Mr. Phelps," of unknown identity (see Steel 1995), with nine stanzas.
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Original text and translations
English text 1. Now be still, ye boisterous passions, |
4. Wretched Europe ruin threatens, |
7. Then be wise, ye sons of freedom, |