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==General Information== | ==General Information== | ||
'''Title:''' ''Sweet Surprise''<br> | '''Title:''' ''Sweet Surprise''<br> | ||
'''First Line:''' Angels are lost in sweet surprise<br> | |||
{{Composer|Oliver Holden}} | {{Composer|Oliver Holden}} | ||
{{Lyricist|Isaac Watts}} | {{Lyricist|Isaac Watts}} | ||
{{Voicing|4|SATB}}<br> | {{Voicing|4|SATB}}<br> | ||
{{Genre|Sacred|Hymns}} | {{Genre|Sacred|Hymns}} {{meter|86. 86 (C.M.)}} | ||
{{Language|English}} | {{Language|English}} | ||
{{Instruments|A cappella}} | {{Instruments|A cappella}} | ||
'''Published:''' 1800 | '''Published:''' 1800 | ||
'''Description:''' First published in ''Plain Psalmody'', 1800, p. 61. Words by | '''Description:''' First published in ''Plain Psalmody'', 1800, p. 61. Words by [[Isaac Watts]], 1706, ''Worshiping With Fear'', which begins "Who dares attempt the eternal name," with nine stanzas. Holden selected the sixth stanza of Watts' poem for his composition. | ||
'''External websites:''' | '''External websites:''' | ||
==Original text and translations== | ==Original text and translations== | ||
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{{Text|English| | |||
1. Who dares attempt the eternal name | |||
With notes of mortal sound? | |||
Dangers and glories guard the theme, | |||
And spread despair around. | |||
2. Destruction waits to obey His frown, | |||
And heaven attends His smile: | |||
A wreath of lightning arms His crown, | |||
But love adorns it still. | |||
3. Celestial King, our spirits lie | |||
Trembling beneath Thy feet, | |||
And wish, and cart a longing eye, | |||
To reach Thy lofty seat.}} | |||
{{middle|3}} | |||
{{Text|Simple| | |||
4. When shall we see the great unknown, | |||
And in Thy presence stand? | |||
Reveal the splendors of Thy throne, | |||
But shield us with Thy hand. | |||
5. In Thee what endless wonders meet! | |||
What various glory shines! | |||
The crossing rays too fiercely beat | |||
Upon our fainting minds. | |||
6. Angels are lost in sweet surprise | |||
If Thou unveil thy grace, | |||
And humble awe runs through the skies | |||
When wrath arrays Thy face.}} | |||
{{middle|3}} | |||
{{Text|Simple| | |||
7. When mercy joins with majesty | |||
To spread their beams abroad, | |||
Not all their fairest minds on high | |||
Are shadows of a God. | |||
8. Thy works the strongest seraph sings | |||
In a too feeble strain, | |||
And labors hard on all his strings | |||
To reach Thy thoughts in vain. | |||
9. Created powers how weak they be! | |||
How short our praises fall! | |||
So much akin to nothing we, | |||
And thou the eternal all.}} | |||
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[[Category:Shapenote-4 Editions]] | |||
[[Category:Sheet music]] | [[Category:Sheet music]] | ||
[[Category:Classical music]] | [[Category:Classical music]] |
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- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-09-14). Score information: Unknown, 1 page, 64 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape). The other eight stanzas of Watts' poem added below.
General Information
Title: Sweet Surprise
First Line: Angels are lost in sweet surprise
Composer: Oliver Holden
Lyricist: Isaac Watts
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Hymn Meter: 86. 86 (C.M.)
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
Published: 1800
Description: First published in Plain Psalmody, 1800, p. 61. Words by Isaac Watts, 1706, Worshiping With Fear, which begins "Who dares attempt the eternal name," with nine stanzas. Holden selected the sixth stanza of Watts' poem for his composition.
External websites:
Original text and translations
English text 1. Who dares attempt the eternal name |
4. When shall we see the great unknown, |
7. When mercy joins with majesty |