Weary Pilgrim (Oliver Holden)
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- (Posted 2015-07-13) CPDL #36040: MusicXML
- 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.
- 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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Original text and translations
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.