Happy City (Daniel Read)
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- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2014-07-28). Score information: Letter, 1 page, 28 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Oval-note edition.
- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2014-07-28). Score information: Letter (landscape), 1 page, 32 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape).
General Information
Title: Happy City
Composer: Daniel Read
Lyricist: Isaac Watts
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Hymn
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
Published: 1785
Description: Words by Isaac Watts, 1719, adaptation of Psalm 144.
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Original text and translations
English text
Happy the city where their sons,
Like pillars round a palace set,
And daughters, bright as polished stones,
Give strength and beauty to the state.
Happy the country where the sheep,
Cattle, and corn, have large increase;
Where men securely work or sleep,
Nor sons of plunder break the peace.
Happy the nation thus endowed,
But more divinely blest are those
On whom the all-sufficient God
Himself with all His grace bestows.