Westborough (Daniel Belknap)
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- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2016-04-24). Score information: Letter, 1 page, 40 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Oval note edition. The other five stanzas included from Watts' paraphrase. MusicXML source file(s) in compressed .mxl format.
- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2016-04-24). Score information: 7 x 10 inches (landscape), 1 page, 42 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape). The other five stanzas included from Watts' paraphrase.
General Information
Title: Westborough
First Line: A span is all that we can boast
Composer: Daniel Belknap
Lyricist: Isaac Watts
Number of voices: 3vv Voicing: STB
Genre: Sacred Meter: 86. 86 (C.M.)
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
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Description: First published in Belknap's Middlesex Collection, 1802. Words by Isaac Watts, 1719, paraphrase of Psalm 90, Part 2, in six stanzas. Belknap used the second stanza in his composition; he revised the second line of Watts' paraphrase.
- Watts: An inch or two of time
- Belknap: How short the fleeting time
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Original text and translations
Original text and translations may be found at Psalm 90.