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Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-08-16). Score information: Letter, 1 page, 71 kB Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Oval note edition. The other seven stanzas of Watts' paraphrase added below.

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2014-05-03). Score information: Letter (landscape), 1 page, 45 kB Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Music from 1786, note shapes added (4-shape). The other seven stanzas of Watts' paraphrase added below. Re-formatted 2015-08-15.

Title: Norton
First Line: Mine eyes and my desire
Composer: Daniel Read
Lyricist: Isaac Watts

Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB

Genre: Sacred, Hymn Meter: 66. 86 (S.M.)

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

Published: 1785

Description: Words by Isaac Watts, 1719, his paraphrase of Psalm 25.

External websites:

Original text and translations may be found at Psalm 25.

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 :'''Edition notes:''' Oval note edition. The other seven stanzas of Watts' paraphrase added below.
 * {{CPDLno|31826}} [{{filepath:NortonRead1785c.pdf}} {{pdf}}]
 {{Editor|Barry Johnston|2014-05-03}}{{ScoreInfo|Letter (landscape)|1|45}}{{Copy|Public Domain}}
-:'''Edition notes:''' Music from 1786, note shapes added (4-shape). Stanza 2 added from Isaac Watts adaptation of Psalm 25.
+:'''Edition notes:''' Music from 1786, note shapes added (4-shape). The other seven stanzas of Watts' paraphrase added below. Re-formatted 2015-08-15.
 ==General Information==
 '''Title:''' ''Norton''<br>
+'''First Line:''' Mine eyes and my desire<br>
 {{Composer|Daniel Read}}
 {{Lyricist|Isaac Watts}}
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 '''Published:''' 1785
-'''Description:''' Words by Isaac Watts, 1709, his adaptation of Psalm 25
+'''Description:''' Words by [[Isaac Watts]], 1719, his paraphrase of Psalm 25.
 '''External websites:'''
 ==Original text and translations==
-{{Text|English|
+{{LinkText|Psalm 25}}
-Mine eyes and my desire
-Are ever to the Lord;
-I love to plead His promises,
-And rest upon His word.
-When shall the sovereign grace
-Of my forgiving God
-Restore me from those dangerous ways
-My wand'ring feet have trod?}}
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