Weary Pilgrim (Oliver Holden)

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• (Posted 2015-07-13)  CPDL #36040:       

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-07-13).   Score information: Letter, 1 page, 51 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Oval note edition. The other three stanzas of Barbauld's hymn added below. MusicXML source file(s) in compressed .mxl format.

• (Posted 2015-07-13)  CPDL #36039:   

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-07-13).   Score information: 7 x 10 in (landscape), 1 page, 50 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape). The other three stanzas of Barbauld's hymn added below.

General Information

Title: Weary Pilgrim
First Line: Come, said Jesus' sacred voice
Composer: Oliver Holden
Lyricist: Anna Barbauld

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB

Genre: Sacred, Hymn   Meter: 77. 77

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

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Description: First published in Plain Psalmody, 1800, p. 15. Words by Anna Barbauld, 1792.

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English text

Come, said Jesus' sacred voice,
Come and make my paths your choice.
I will guide you to your home,
Weary pilgrim, hither come.

Thou who, houseless, sole, forlorn,
Long hast borne the proud world's scorn,
Long hast roamed the barren waste,
Weary pilgrim, hither haste.

Ye who, tossed on beds of pain,
Seek for ease, but seek in vain;
Ye, by fiercer anguish torn,
In remorse for guilt who mourn.

Hither come, for here is found
Balm that flows for every wound,
Peace that ever shall endure,
Rest eternal, sacred, sure.