Lift up your eyes (William Billings)

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Editor: Mark Winges (submitted 2008-11-17).   Score information: Letter, 3 pages, 69 kbytes   Copyright: CPDL
Edition notes: Dynamics added

General Information

Title: Lift up your eyes
Composer: William Billings

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: SacredHymn

Language: English
Instruments: a cappella
Published: 1786

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Original text and translations

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Lift up your eyes, ye sons of light,
Up to his throne of shining grace;
See what immortal glories sit
Round the sweet beauties of his face!

Amongst a thousand harps and songs,
Jesus, the God, exalted reigns;
His sacred name fills all their tongues,
And echoes through the heav'nly plains.

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