On Jordan's banks (Max Bruch)

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• CPDL #25713:  Sibelius 6

Editor: Ian Haslam (submitted 2012-03-06).   Score information: A4, 5 pages, 70 kB   Copyright: CPDL

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Title: On Jordan's Bank
Composer: Max Bruch

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB

Genre: Sacred, Motet

Language: English
Instruments: Piano

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English text

On Jordan's banks the Arabs' camels stray,
On Sion's hill the false one's votaries pray.
The Baal's adorer bows on Sinai's steep,
Yet there, even there, O God, thy thunders sleep!

There, where Thy finger scorch'd the tablet stone,
There, where Thy shadow to Thy people shone,
Thy glory shrouded in its garb of fire,
Thyself non living see and not expire!

O lightning let Thy glance appear
Sweep from his shiver'd hand the oppressor's spear!
How long by tyrants shall Thy land be trod?
Thy temple worshipless, O God!