The Contrite Heart (Kathryn Rose)
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- (Posted 2015-04-22) CPDL #35166:
- Editor: Kathryn Rose (submitted 2015-04-22). Score information: A4, 1 page, 27 kB Copyright: CC BY SA
- Edition notes: This is a simplified version suitable for congregational singing, with or without a choir.
- (Posted 2015-03-06) CPDL #34745:
- Editor: Kathryn Rose (submitted 2015-03-06). Score information: A4, 2 pages, 47 kB Copyright: CC BY SA
- Edition notes:
General Information
Title: The Contrite Heart
Composer: Kathryn Rose
Lyricist: William Cowper
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Sacred song
Language: English
Instruments: Unknown
Published: 2015
Description: This was written in the West Gallery style and may be accompanied by instruments on each of the vocal lines if appropriate.
External websites: http://www.patreon.com/artsyhonker
Original text and translations
English text
The Lord will happiness divine
On contrite hearts bestow;
Then tell me, gracious God, is mine
A contrite heart or no?
I hear, but seem to hear in vain,
Insensible as steel;
If aught is felt, ’tis only pain,
To find I cannot feel.
I sometimes think myself inclined
To love Thee if I could;
But often feel another mind,
Averse to all that’s good.
My best desires are faint and few,
I fain would strive for more;
But when I cry, “My strength renew!”
Seem weaker than before.
Thy saints are comforted, I know,
And love Thy house of prayer;
I therefore go where others go,
But find no comfort there.
Oh make this heart rejoice, or ache;
Decide this doubt for me;
And if it be not broken, break,
And heal it, if it be.