Overton (Sweet to rejoice in lively hope) (Thomas Clark)
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CPDL #15372:
- Editor: Tim Henderson (added 2007-11-11). Score information: A4, 2 pages, 331 kbytes Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Version from Union Tunebook.
Text by Augustus Toplady
"This hymn was written for the late Countess of Huntingdon, at her request, when in illness, by the Rev. Mr. Toplady, and kindly given to the publisher..... Gospel Magazine , Oct 1796." (Julian's Dictionary of Hymnology)
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General Information
Title: Overton (Sweet to rejoice in lively hope)
Composer: Thomas Clark
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Hymns
Language: English
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Original text and translations
English text
When languor and disease invade
C.M. Written in illness
'My meditation of Him shall be sweet' (Psalm 104:34)
- 1. When languor and disease invade
- This trembling house of clay,
- 'Tis sweet to look beyond the cage,
- And long to fly away...
- 5. Sweet to rejoice in lively hope
- That when my change shall come,
- Angels will hover round my bed,
- And waft my spirit home...
