Leverett Street (Isaac Lane)
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- (Posted 2015-08-05) CPDL #36408:
- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-08-05). Score information: Letter, 1 page, 58 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Oval note edition, as written in 1793. The other four stanzas of Addison's hymn added below.
- (Posted 2015-08-05) CPDL #36407:
- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-08-05). Score information: 7 x 10 in (landscape), 1 page, 60 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape). The other four stanzas of Addison's hymn added below.
General Information
Title: Leverett Street
First Line: When all Thy mercies, O my God
Composer: Isaac Lane
Lyricist: Joseph Addison
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Hymn Meter: 86. 86 (C.M.)
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
Published: 1793
Description: First published in Union Harmony, 1793, p. 95. Words by Joseph Addison, 1712, with five stanzas.
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Original text and translations
English text
When all thy mercies, O my God,
My rising soul surveys,
Transported with the view, I'm lost
In wonder, love, and praise.
Unnumbered comforts to my soul
Thy tender care bestowed,
Before my infant heart conceived
From whom those comforts flowed.
Ten thousand thousand precious gifts
My daily thanks employ;
Nor is the least a cheerful heart
That tastes those gifts with joy.
Through every period of my life
Thy goodness I'll pursue;
And after death, in distant worlds
The glorious theme renew.
Through all eternity to thee
A joyful song I'll raise;
For O, eternity's too short
To utter all thy praise!