Adieu (Stephen Jenks)

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• (Posted 2016-04-29)  CPDL #39456:       

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2016-04-29).   Score information: Letter, 1 page, 60 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Oval note edition. All six stanzas of Belknap's paraphrase included.

• (Posted 2016-04-29)  CPDL #39455:     

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2016-04-29).   Score information: 7 x 10 inches (landscape), 1 page, 60 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape). All six stanzas of Belknap's paraphrase included.

General Information

Title: Adieu
First Line: Far from our friends and country dear
Composer: Stephen Jenks
Lyricist: Jeremy Belknap

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred   Meter: 88. 88 (L.M.)

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1818 in The Harmony of Zion, p. 12
Description: Words by Jeremy Belknap, 1795, paraphrase of Psalm 137, in six stanzas.

Original text and translations

English text 1. Far from our friends and country dear In hostile lands we moan; No tender hand to wipe the tear Which flows with every groan! 2. Our foes vindictive mock our grief, And sport with our complaints; No mercy prompts to give relief, Though languid misery faints.

3. In retrospective scenes employed, We think on former days; When peaceful sabbaths we enjoyed And all our work was praise. 4. But now, of liberty deprived, In solitude confined; In vain we seek the word of life To feed the starving mind.

5. To thee, O Lord, we lift our eye, To thee, our cause commend; Thou hearest the mourning prisoner's sigh, Thou art the sufferer's friend. 6 We seek no vengeance on our foes, But put our trust in thee; O let thy mercy interpose, And set thy captives free.