Hebron (William Billings)

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Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2014-05-03).   Score information: Letter (landscape), 1 page, 23 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Music as in 1778, note shapes added (4-shape). Stanzas 2-3 added from Isaac Watts 1719 Hymn 93.

General Information

Title: Hebron
Composer: William Billings
Lyricist: Isaac Watts

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB

Genre: Sacred, Hymn   Meter: 66. 86 (S.M.)

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

Published: 1778

Description: Words by Isaac Watts, 1719, his Hymn 93. Billings set the same words to different music, Wareham, in 1781.

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Original text and translations

English text

My God, my life, my love!
To Thee, to Thee I call;
I cannot live if thou remove,
For Thou art all in all.

Nor earth, nor all the sky,
Can one delight afford,
No, not a drop of real joy,
Without Thy presence, Lord.

Thou art the sea of love
Where all my pleasures roll,
The circle where my passions move,
And center of my soul.