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==General Information== | ==General Information== | ||
'''Title:''' ''Consecration''<br> | '''Title:''' ''Consecration''<br> | ||
'''First Line:''' It grieves me, Lord, it grieves me sore<br> | |||
{{Composer|Oliver Holden}} | {{Composer|Oliver Holden}} | ||
{{Lyricist|Isaac Watts}} | {{Lyricist|Isaac Watts}} | ||
{{Voicing|3|STB}}<br> | {{Voicing|3|STB}}<br> | ||
{{Genre|Sacred|Hymns}} | {{Genre|Sacred|Hymns}} {{meter|886. 88. 86}} | ||
{{Language|English}} | {{Language|English}} | ||
{{Instruments|A cappella}} | {{Instruments|A cappella}} | ||
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==Original text and translations== | ==Original text and translations== | ||
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1. It grieves me, Lord, it grieves me sore, | |||
That I have lived to Thee no more, | |||
And wasted half my days ; | |||
My inward powers shall burn and flame | |||
With zeal and passion for Thy name: | |||
I would not speak but for my God, | |||
Nor move but to his praise. | |||
2. What are my eyes, but aids to see | |||
The glories of the Deity | |||
Inscribed with beams of light | |||
On flowers and stars? Lord, I behold | |||
The shining azure, green, and gold; | |||
But when I try to read Thy name, | |||
A dimness veils my sight. | |||
3. Mine ears are raised when Virgil sings | |||
Sicilian swains or Trojan kings, | |||
And drink the music in: | |||
Why should the trumpet's brazen voice, | |||
Or oaten reed, awake my joys, | |||
And yet my heart so stupid lie | |||
When sacred hymns begin?}} | |||
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{{Text|Simple| | |||
4. Change me, O God; my flesh shall be | |||
An instrument of song to Thee, | |||
And Thou the notes inspire: | |||
My tongue shall keep the heavenly chime, | |||
My cheerful pulse shall beat the time, | |||
And sweet variety of sound | |||
Shall in thy praise conspire. | |||
5. The dearest nerve about my heart, | |||
Should it refuse to bear a part | |||
With my melodious breath, | |||
I'd tear away the vital chord, | |||
A bloody victim to my Lord, | |||
And live without that impious string, | |||
Or show my zeal in death.}} | |||
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''Self-Consecration'' by Isaac Watts | |||
[[Category:Sheet music]] | [[Category:Sheet music]] | ||
[[Category:Classical music]] | [[Category:Classical music]] |
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- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-07-29). Score information: Unknown, 1 page, 60 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Three-part version. Note shapes added (4-shape). The other four stanzas from Watts' poem added below.
General Information
Title: Consecration
First Line: It grieves me, Lord, it grieves me sore
Composer: Oliver Holden
Lyricist: Isaac Watts
Number of voices: 3vv Voicing: STB
Genre: Sacred, Hymn Meter: 886. 88. 86
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
Published: 1792
Description: First published in American Harmony, 1792, for three voices: Treble-Tenor-Bass. Words by Isaac Watts, 1706, Lyric Poems, entitled Self-Consecration, in five stanzas.
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Original text and translations
English text 1. It grieves me, Lord, it grieves me sore, |
4. Change me, O God; my flesh shall be |
Self-Consecration by Isaac Watts