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- Editor: Michael Lauer (submitted 2007-12-14). Score information: Letter, 2 pages, 74 kB Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes:
General Information
Title: Thomas-Town
First Line: Great God, how frail a thing is man
Composer: William Billings
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1794 in The Continental Harmony
Description: Published on p66 of The Continental Harmony (1794)
External websites:
Original text and translations
English text
Great God, how frail a thing is man,
How swift his minutes pass,
His age contracts within a span,
He blooms and dies like grass.
And must my moments thus decline,
And must I sink to death,
To thee my spirit I resign,
Thou maker of my breath.