Geronimo (Charles Villiers Stanford)
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CPDL #15386: NWC Source
- Editor: John Henry Fowler (added 2007-11-11). Score information: A4, 1 page, 24 kbytes Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: SATB version in English from CyberHymnal - File Sizes: PDF: 24 KB, MIDI: 2 KB, NWC: 1 KB
General Information
Title: Geronimo
Composer: Charles Villiers Stanford
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Hymns Meter: 88. 86
Language: English
Instruments: Keyboard
Published: Music: 1904; Hymns Ancient and Modern
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Cyber Hymnal entry for Geronimo:
Original text and translations
English text
- 1.
- “Behold, the Bridegroom draweth nigh”
- Hear ye the oft repeated cry?
- Go forth into the midnight dim;
- For blest are they whom He shall find
- With ready heart and watchful mind;
- Go forth, my soul, to Him.
- 2.
- “Behold, the Bridegroom cometh by,”
- The call is echoed from the sky:
- Go forth, ye servants, watch and wait:
- The slothful cannot join His train;
- No careless ones can entrance gain;
- Awake, my soul, ’tis late.
- 3.
- The wise will plead with one accord,
- “O holy, holy, holy Lord,
- On us Thy quick’ning grace bestow,
- That none may reach the door too late,
- When Thou shalt enter at the gate
- And to Thy kingdom go.”
- 4.
- “Behold, the Bridegroom draweth near,”
- The warning falls on every ear:
- That night of dread shall come to all:
- Behold, my soul, thy lamp so dim,
- Rise, rise the smoking flax to trim;
- Soon shalt thou hear His call.
Lyrics: Author unknown, from the Ferial Midnight Office of the Greek Church (Iδοὺο Nύμφιος έρχεται); translated from Greek to English by Robert M. Moorsom, Renderings of Church Hymns, 1901.