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Great God, how frail a thing is man (William Billings)
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Title: Great God, how frail a thing is man
Composer: William Billings
Tune: Thomas-Town
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Hymn
Language: English
Instruments: a cappella
Published: 1794
Description: Published on p66 of The Continental Harmony (1794)
External websites: http://www.mrlauer.org/music/
Original text and translations
English text
Great God, how frail a thing is man,
How swift his minutes pass,
His age contracts within a span,
He blooms and dies like grass.
And must my moments thus decline,
And must I sink to death,
To thee my spirit I resign,
Thou maker of my breath.
Categories: SATB | Sacred music | Hymns | A cappella | English texts | Texts | Sheet music | Classical music
