I am the Rose of Sharon (William Billings)

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• (Posted 2016-09-26)  CPDL #41241:   

Editor: Aaron Giles (submitted 2016-09-26).   Score information: Letter, 7 pages, 83 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Transcribed from The Singing Master's Assistant

• CPDL #00037:      (Finale 1998)

Editor: Rafael Ornes (submitted 1999-01-20).   Score information: Letter, 8 pages, 86 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes:

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Title: I am the Rose of Sharon
Composer: William Billings

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB

Genre: Sacred, Anthem

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

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Description: Published in The Singing Master's Assistant, 1778.

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Original text and translations

English text

I am the Rose of Sharon
and the lily of the valleys.
As the Apple tree,
among the trees of the wood,
so is my Beloved among the Sons.
As the Lily among the thorns,
so is my Love among the Daughters.
I sat down under his shadow with great delight,
And his fruit was sweet to my taste, taste.
He brought me to the Banqueting House,
His Banner over me was Love.
Stay me with Flagons,
Comfort me with Apples,
for I am sick, sick of Love.
I charge you, O ye Daughters of Jerusalem,
by the Roes and by the Hinds of the Field,
that you stir not up nor Awake,
Awake my Love till he please.
The voice of my Beloved,
Behold, he cometh,
Leaping upon the mountains,
skipping upon the Hills.
My Beloved spake and said unto me: rise up,
my Love, my fair one, and come away,
for Lo, the Winter is past,
the rain is over and gone.