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{{Editor|Barry Johnston|2018-05-27}}{{ScoreInfo|Letter|4|117}}{{Copy|Public Domain}} | {{Editor|Barry Johnston|2018-05-27}}{{ScoreInfo|Letter|4|117}}{{Copy|Public Domain}} | ||
:'''Edition notes:''' As written in 1802. | :'''Edition notes:''' As written in 1802. {{MXL}} | ||
==General Information== | ==General Information== | ||
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{{Genre|Sacred|Anthems}} | {{Genre|Sacred|Anthems}} {{meter|886. 886}} | ||
{{Language|English}} | {{Language|English}} | ||
{{Instruments|A cappella}} | {{Instruments|A cappella}} | ||
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==Original text and translations== | ==Original text and translations== | ||
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{{Text|English| | |||
Descend from heaven, celestial Dove, | |||
Inspire our souls with perfect love, | |||
And tune our feeble lays. | |||
Beam on our minds thy heavenly fire, | |||
And teach our bosoms to aspire | |||
To nobler songs of praise. | |||
Long did the world in darkness groan, | |||
How dim the light of reason shone, | |||
Before the morning rose; | |||
No calm content the soul could find; | |||
Discord, that vulture of the mind, | |||
Had banished soft repose.}} | |||
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{{Text|Simple| | |||
Nor could the sages e'er explore | |||
Eternity's untrodden shore, | |||
No light their systems gave. | |||
With steady care and anxious pain, | |||
They strove to find, but all in vain, | |||
The world beyond the grave. | |||
But now a brighter scene appears, | |||
Ye weeping mourners, dry your tears, | |||
For error's course is run. | |||
Now bright around you beams the day, | |||
And death's dark shadows melt away | |||
Before the gospel sun.}} | |||
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{{Text|Simple| | |||
Behold, the Son of God descends; | |||
Prostrate before him, ye heavens bend, | |||
He leaves the shining spheres. | |||
See, on mount Calvary he expires, | |||
Ye sun and stars withdraw your fires, | |||
And hide ye heavens in tears. | |||
Behold him now, ascending bright, | |||
With all the majesty of light, | |||
In flaming glories crowned. | |||
And now he treads the starry plain, | |||
While shouting seraphs in their train | |||
Roll the glad tidings round.}} | |||
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{{Text|Simple| | |||
Long may our tongues with joy proclaim | |||
The honors of his mighty name, | |||
And songs of triumph raise. | |||
Till lost in flames in ruin hurled, | |||
Sinks the vast fabric of the world, | |||
And trembling nature dies.}} | |||
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- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2018-05-27). Score information: Letter, 4 pages, 117 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: As written in 1802. MusicXML source file(s) in compressed .mxl format.
General Information
Title: Descend from heaven, celestial Dove
Composer: Jacob French
Lyricist: Anonymous
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Anthem Meter: 886. 886
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
{{Published}} is obsolete (code commented out), replaced with {{Pub}} for works and {{PubDatePlace}} for publications.
Description: First published in Harmony of Harmony, 1802, pp. 125-130. Words by an unknown author, no precedent found (Jones 1998).
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Original text and translations
English text Descend from heaven, celestial Dove, |
Nor could the sages e'er explore |
Behold, the Son of God descends; |
Long may our tongues with joy proclaim |