Dissolution (Oliver Holden)

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• (Posted 2015-07-06)  CPDL #35987:       

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-07-06).   Score information: Letter, 1 page, 60 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Oval note edition. The other two stanzas added below, as in 1800 printing. Counter by Barry C. Johnston, 2015.

• (Posted 2015-07-06)  CPDL #35986:     

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-07-06).   Score information: 7 x 10 in (landscape), 1 page, 60 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape). The two other stanzas added below, as printed in 1800. Counter by Barry C. Johnston, 2015.

General Information

Title: Dissolution
First Line: Death will dissolve the tenderest tie
Composer: Oliver Holden
Lyricist: Anonymous

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred   Meter: 86. 86 (C.M.)

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1800 in Plain Psalmody, p. 34
Description: Words by an unknown author. Perhaps they are by Holden, since this is their first appearance.

Original text and translations

English text

Death will dissolve the tenderest tie
That nature forms below;
Our dearest friends are called to die,
And we are left in woe.

But should the summons be transferred
From those I love to me,
Think, O my soul, art thou prepared
The offended Judge to see?

O Savior, take my flinty heart,
And steep it in Thy blood;
Then, sanctified in every part,
I shall ascend to God.