Mount Hope (Elkanah Dare): Difference between revisions
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Adam, for a selfish pleasure, | Adam, for a selfish pleasure, | ||
Forfeited his | Forfeited his blissful treasure. | ||
'Twas a foul fiend seduced him from those scenes, | 'Twas a foul fiend seduced him from those scenes, | ||
An evil minded fiend, by subtle means. | An evil minded fiend, by subtle means. | ||
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Now under pain's severe control, | Now under pain's severe control, | ||
Grief harrows up his sorrowing | Grief harrows up his sorrowing soul. | ||
Doomed to laborious cares and toils, | Doomed to laborious cares and toils, | ||
To dire anxiety and woe, | To dire anxiety and woe, | ||
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And makes man heir to happier, happier climes. | And makes man heir to happier, happier climes. | ||
Such was the goodness | Such was the goodness of redeeming love, | ||
He parted from celestial choirs above, | He parted from celestial choirs above, | ||
Changed a heavenly throne, | Changed a heavenly throne, | ||
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Still solemn scenes remain unsung, | Still solemn scenes remain unsung, | ||
Still solemn | Still solemn scenes employ my faltering tongue. | ||
Swifter than a stream, | Swifter than a stream, | ||
Delusive as a dream, | Delusive as a dream, | ||
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The undulations wave abroad, | The undulations wave abroad, | ||
Fill all creation's ample round, | Fill all creation's ample round, | ||
And earth and | And earth and skies rebound, | ||
Nations, attend the bar of God! | Nations, attend the bar of God! | ||
In solemn pomp they all appear; | In solemn pomp they all appear; |
Revision as of 18:07, 15 January 2020
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- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2020-01-14). Score information: 7 x 10 inches (landscape), 1 page, 54 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Note heads in four-shape format, as published in 1813. MusicXML source file(s) in compressed .mxl format.
General Information
Title: Mount Hope
First Line: Hark! hark, a Savior's voice
Composer: Elkanah Dare
Lyricist: Thomas Odiorne
Number of voices: 2vv Voicings: SB or TB
Genre: Sacred Meter: Irregular meter
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1813 in Wyeth's Repository, Part Second
Description: Words by Thomas Odiorne, extracted from a long lyric poem entitled The Moral Progress of Man, published in 1792.
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Original text and translations
English text The Moral Progress of Man |
Now under pain's severe control, |
Still lend an ear to my Pindaric strain, |