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*{{PostedDate|2019-12-01}} {{CPDLno|56133}} [[Media:HumilityShaw1808a.pdf|{{pdf}}]] [[Media:HumilityShaw1808a.mxl|{{XML}}]] | *{{PostedDate|2019-12-01}} {{CPDLno|56133}} [[Media:HumilityShaw1808a.pdf|{{pdf}}]] [[Media:HumilityShaw1808a.mxl|{{XML}}]] [[Media:HumilityShaw1808a.mscz|{{Muse3}}]] | ||
{{Editor|Barry Johnston|2019-12-01}}{{ScoreInfo| | {{Editor|Barry Johnston|2019-12-01}}{{ScoreInfo|7 x 10 inches (landscape)|2|79}}{{Copy|Public Domain}} | ||
:'''Edition notes:''' Note shapes added (4-shape). {{MXL}} | :'''Edition notes:''' Note shapes added (4-shape). {{MXL}} | ||
==General Information== | ==General Information== | ||
'''Title:''' ''Humility''<br> | '''Title:''' ''Humility''<br> | ||
{{FirstLine|Beneath the stern, unyielding power}} | |||
{{Composer|Oliver Shaw}} | {{Composer|Oliver Shaw}} | ||
'''Lyricist:''' J. M. Williams<br> | |||
{{Voicing|3|STB}}<br> | {{Voicing|3|STB}}<br> | ||
{{Genre|Sacred| | {{Genre|Sacred|Set pieces}} {{meter|88. 88 (L.M.)}} | ||
{{Language|English}} | {{Language|English}} | ||
{{Instruments|A cappella}} | {{Instruments|A cappella}} | ||
{{Pub|1|1808|in {{NoComp|The Columbian Sacred Harmonist|Oliver Shaw}}}} | {{Pub|1|1808|in {{NoComp|The Columbian Sacred Harmonist|Oliver Shaw}}}} | ||
'''Description:''' Words by "J. M. Williams", apparently first published in ''The Columbian Sacred Harmonist'' in 1808. | '''Description:''' Words by "J. M. Williams", apparently first published in ''The Columbian Sacred Harmonist'' in 1808, with four stanzas, all used by Shaw in his composition. | ||
'''External websites:''' | '''External websites:''' | ||
==Original text and translations== | ==Original text and translations== | ||
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1. Beneath the stern, unyielding power | |||
Of chilling winter's icy breath, | |||
Each feeble, tender, transient flower | |||
Resigns its beauty, sinks in death.}} | |||
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{{Text|Simple| | |||
2. But summer's sun, with genial ray, | |||
Will drive the wintry gloom away, | |||
And humble flowers again resume | |||
Their charms, with renovated bloom.}} | |||
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{{Text|Simple| | |||
3. Thus do the haughty sons of earth, | |||
With transient triumph here disdain | |||
The humble Christian's modest worth, | |||
And glory in his dying pain.}} | |||
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{{Text|Simple| | |||
4. But He, who bids the thunders speak, | |||
Proclaims his blessings to the meek: | |||
Transports the soul beyond earth's gloom, | |||
To regions of perennial bloom.}} | |||
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[[Category:Sheet music]] | [[Category:Sheet music]] | ||
[[Category:Classical music]] | [[Category:Classical music]] | ||
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- (Posted 2019-12-01) CPDL #56133:
- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2019-12-01). Score information: 7 x 10 inches (landscape), 2 pages, 79 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape). MusicXML source file(s) in compressed .mxl format.
General Information
Title: Humility
First Line: Beneath the stern, unyielding power
Composer: Oliver Shaw
Lyricist: J. M. Williams
Number of voices: 3vv Voicing: STB
Genre: Sacred, Set piece Meter: 88. 88 (L.M.)
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1808 in The Columbian Sacred Harmonist
Description: Words by "J. M. Williams", apparently first published in The Columbian Sacred Harmonist in 1808, with four stanzas, all used by Shaw in his composition.
External websites:
Original text and translations
 English text1. Beneath the stern, unyielding power |
2. But summer's sun, with genial ray, |
3. Thus do the haughty sons of earth, |
4. But He, who bids the thunders speak, |