Desertion (Oliver Holden)

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• (Posted 2016-01-10)  CPDL #38124:   

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2016-01-10).   Score information: Unknown, 1 page, 89 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Four-part version; Counter part by B. C. Johnston, 2016. Note shapes added (4-shape). All six stanzas of Watts' paraphrase included; first line: I'll praise my Maker with my breath.

• (Posted 2016-01-10)  CPDL #38123:       

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2016-01-10).   Score information: Letter, 1 page, 88 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Four-part version; Counter part by B. C. Johnston, 2016. All six stanzas of of Watts' paraphrase included; first line: I'll praise my Maker with my breath. MusicXML source file(s) in compressed .mxl format.

• (Posted 2016-01-10)  CPDL #38122:       

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2016-01-10).   Score information: 7 x 10 inches (landscape), 1 page, 76 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Three-part version. Oval note edition, as written in 1806. All four stanzas of Hart's hymn included; first line: Deep in a cold, a joyless cell. MusicXML source file(s) in compressed .mxl format.

General Information

Title: Desertion
First Line: Deep in a cold, a joyless cell
Composer: Oliver Holden
Lyricist: Joseph Hart

Number of voices: 3vv   Voicing: STB

Genre: Sacred, Psalm-tune   Meter: 88. 88. 88

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1806 in The Psalmodist's Assistant, Edition 2, p. 104

Description: In original, words by Joseph Hart, 1769, hymn called Desertion, with four stanzas. Words substituted here by Isaac Watts, 1719, paraphrase of Psalm 146, with six stanzas.

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Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at Psalm 146.

English text 1. Deep in a cold, a joyless cell, A doleful gulf of gloomy care! Where dismal doubts and darkness dwell, The dangerous brink of black despair; Chilled by the icy damps of death, I feel no firm support of faith. 2. How can a burdened cripple rise? How can a fettered captive flee? Ah, Lord, direct my wishful eyes; And let me look, at least, to thee. Alas, my sinking spirits droop, I scarce perceive a glimpse of hope.

3. Extend thy mercy, gracious God. Thy quickening Spirit vouchsafe to send; Apply the reconciling blood; And kindly call thy foe thy friend: Or if rich cordials thou deny, Let patience comfort's place supply. 4. Let hope survive, though damped by doubt; Do thou defend my shattered shield; O! let me never quite give out. Help me to keep the bloody field; Lord, look upon the unequal strife; Delay not, lest I lose my life.

Desertion by Joseph Hart, 1769