The spacious firmament on high (Jason Smart)

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• (Posted 2018-04-28)  CPDL #49486:     

Editor: Jason Smart (submitted 2018-04-28).   Score information: A4, 1 page, 36 kB   Copyright: CC BY NC ND

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Title: The Spacious Firmament on High
Composer: Jason Smart
Lyricist: Joseph Addison

Number of voices: 1v   Voicing: Unison Voices

Genre: Sacred, Hymn

Language: English
Instruments: Keyboard

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Description: An organist and music teacher who lived across the road from my parents asked me to write a tune to Addison's words and this was the result. He had named his house "Grüss Gott", hence the title of the tune. The accompaniment may be played on either piano or organ.

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English text

The Spacious Firmament on high,
With all the blue Ethereal Sky,
And spangled Heav'ns, a Shining Frame,
Their great Original proclaim:
Th'unwearied Sun, from Day to Day,
Does his Creator's Pow'r display,
And publishes to every Land
The Work of an Almighty Hand.

Soon as the Evening Shades prevail,
The Moon takes up the wondrous Tale,
And nightly to the list'ning Earth
Repeats the Story of her Birth:
Whilst all the Stars that round her burn,
And all the Planets in their turn,
Confirm the Tidings, as they rowl,
And spread the Truth from Pole to Pole.

What though, in solemn Silence, all
Move round the dark terrestrial Ball?
What tho' nor real Voice nor Sound
Amid their radiant Orbs be found?
In Reason's Ear they all rejoice,
And utter forth a glorious Voice,
For ever singing, as they shine,
'The Hand that made us is Divine.'