Sussex (Ralph Vaughan Williams)

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Editor: John Henry Fowler (submitted 2007-11-23).   Score information: A4, 1 page, 21 kbytes   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Edition from the Cyber Hymnal™ - File Sizes: PDF: 21 KB, 2nd PDF: 22 KB, MIDI: 2 KB, NoteWorthy Composer: 1 KB, Sib4: 30 KB.

General Information

Title: Sussex
Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Hymn   Meter: 87. 87

Language: English
Instruments: Keyboard
Published: Tune: Sussex, En­glish mel­o­dy, adapt­ed by Ralph Vaugh­an Will­iams in The Eng­lish Hymn­al (Lon­don: Ox­ford Un­i­ver­si­ty Press, 1906), Num­ber 239; Lyrics: John Bow­ring, Hymns, 1825.

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External websites:

Cyber Hymnal™ entry for hymn tune "Sussex":

http://www.hymntime.com/tch/htm/g/i/gisloveh.htm

Original text and translations

English text

1.

God is love; His mercy brightens

All the path in which we rove;

Bliss He wakes, and woe He lightens:

God is wisdom, God is love.

2.

Chance and change are busy ever;

Man decays and ages move;

But His mercy waneth never:

God is wisdom, God is love.

3.

E’en the hour that darkest seemeth

Will His changeless goodness prove;

From the mist His brightness streameth:

God is wisdom, God is love.

4.

He with earthly cares entwineth

Hope and comfort from above;

Everywhere His glory shineth:

God is wisdom, God is love.

Lyrics: John Bow­ring, Hymns, 1825.