Sicily (Oliver Holden)
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- (Posted 2015-07-09) CPDL #36020:
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- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-07-09). Score information: Letter, 1 page, 49 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Oval note edition. Holden included only the first stanza of Gibbons' hymn, but it makes little sense by itself; the whole song is repeated with the second stanza. The third and fourth stanzas are similarly paired below.
- (Posted 2015-07-09) CPDL #36018:
- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-07-09). Score information: 7 x 10 in (landscape), 1 page, 51 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape). Holden included only the first stanza of Gibbons' hymn, but it makes little sense by itself; the whole song is repeated with the second stanza. The third and fourth stanzas are similarly paired below.
General Information
Title: Sicily
First Line: In the soft season of thy youth
Composer: Oliver Holden
Lyricist: Thomas Gibbons
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Hymn Meter: 86. 86 (C.M.)
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
Published: 1800
Description: First published in Plain Psalmody, 1800, p. 11. Words by Thomas Gibbons, 1769, in four stanzas.
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Original text and translations
English text
In the soft season of thy youth,
In nature's smiling bloom,
Ere age arrives, and, trembling, wait
Its summons to the tomb.
Remember thy Creator, God;
For Him thy powers employ.
Make Him thy fear, thy love, thy hope,
Thy confidence, thy joy.
He shall defend and guide thy course
Through life's uncertain sea,
Till thou art landed on the shore
Of blest eternity.
Then seek the Lord betimes, and choose
The path of heavenly truth;
The earth affords no lovelier sight
Than a religious youth.