When I survey the wondrous cross (Joseph Barnby)
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- (Posted 2018-11-10) CPDL #51810:
- Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2018-11-10). Score information: A4, 1 page, 50 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Transcribed from the edition on IMSLP. Note values halved. MusicXML source file(s) in compressed .mxl format.
General Information
Title: When I survey the wondrous cross
Composer: Joseph Barnby
Lyricist: Isaac Watts
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Hymn Meter: 88. 88 (L.M.)
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
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Description: No.41 from Hymn Tunes by Joseph Barnby, Novello (1897).
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Original text and translations
English text
1 When I survey the wondrous cross
On which the Prince of Glory dy'd,
My richest gain I count but Loss,
And pour contempt on all my pride.
2 Forbid it, Lord, that I should boast,
Save in the death of Christ my God:
All the vain things that charm me most,
I sacrifice them to his blood.
3 See from his head, his hands, his feet,
Sorrow and love flow mingled down!
Did e'er such love and sorrow meet?
Or thorns compose so rich a crown?
4 His dying crimson, like a robe,
Spreads o'er his body on the tree;
Then am I dead to all the globe,
And all the globe is dead to me.
5 Were the whole realm of nature mine,
That were a present far too small;
Love so amazing, so divine,
Demands my soul, my life, my all.