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'''Description:''' First published in ''The Delights of Harmony - Norfolk Compiler'', 1805, for three parts: Treble-Tenor-Bass. Words, by [[John Newton]], 1779, Hymn 46 of Book 1, in eight stanzas.
'''Description:''' First published in ''The Delights of Harmony - Norfolk Compiler'', 1805, for three parts: Treble-Tenor-Bass. Words, by [[John Newton]], 1779, Hymn 46 of Book 1, in four stanzas. Jenks used the first half of the first stanza in his composition, thereby creating eight L. M. stanzas of Newton's four L. M. D. stanzas.


'''External websites:'''  
'''External websites:'''  


==Original text and translations==
==Original text and translations==
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{{LinkText|How tedious and tasteless the hours}}
{{Text|English|
How tedious and tasteless the hours,
When Jesus no longer I see;
Sweet prospects, sweet birds, and sweet flowers,
Have lost all their sweetness with me.
 
The mid–summer sun shines but dim,
The fields strive in vain to look gay;
But when I am happy in Him,
December’s as pleasant as May.
 
His name yields the richest perfume,
And sweeter than music his voice;
His presence disperses my gloom,
And makes all within me rejoice:}}
{{middle|3}}
{{Text|Simple|
I should, were he always thus nigh,
Have nothing to wish or to fear;
No mortal so happy as I,
My summer would last all the year.
 
Content with beholding his face,
My all to his pleasure resigned;
No changes of season or place,
Would make any change in my mind:
 
While blessed with a sense of his love,
A palace a toy would appear;
And prisons would palaces prove,
If Jesus would dwell with me there.}}
{{middle|3}}
{{Text|Simple|
Dear Lord, if indeed I am thine,
If thou art my sun and my song;
Say, why do I languish and pine,
And why are my winters so long?
 
O drive these dark clouds from my sky,
Thy soul–cheering presence restore;
Or take me unto thee on high,
Where winter and clouds are no more.}}
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Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2016-04-29).   Score information: Letter, 1 page, 75 kB   Copyright: Public Domain
Edition notes: Four-part version; counter part written by B. C. Johnston, 2016. Oval note edition. All eight stanzas of Newton's hymn included.
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Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2016-04-29).   Score information: 7 x 10 inches (landscape), 1 page, 75 kB   Copyright: Public Domain
Edition notes: Four-part version; counter part written by B. C. Johnston, 2016. Note shapes added (4-shape). All eight stanzas of Newton's hymn included.
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Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2016-04-29).   Score information: Letter, 1 page, 71 kB   Copyright: Public Domain
Edition notes: Three-part version. Oval note edition, as written in 1805. All eight stanzas of Newton's hymn included.
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Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2016-04-29).   Score information: 7 x 10 inches (landscape), 1 page, 72 kB   Copyright: Public Domain
Edition notes: Three-part version. Note shapes added (4-shape). All eight stanzas of Newton's hymn included.

General Information

Title: Sweet Prospect
First Line: How tedious and tasteless the hours
Composer: Stephen Jenks
Lyricist: John Newton

Number of voices: 3vv   Voicing: STB
  Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB

Genre: Sacred   Meter: 88. 88 (L.M.)

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

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Description: First published in The Delights of Harmony - Norfolk Compiler, 1805, for three parts: Treble-Tenor-Bass. Words, by John Newton, 1779, Hymn 46 of Book 1, in four stanzas. Jenks used the first half of the first stanza in his composition, thereby creating eight L. M. stanzas of Newton's four L. M. D. stanzas.

External websites:

Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at How tedious and tasteless the hours.

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