Winscott (Samuel Sebastian Wesley)

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Editor: John Henry Fowler (added 2007-11-15).   Score information: A4, 1 page, 20 kbytes       Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: SATB version in English from CyberHymnal - File Sizes: PDF: 20 KB, MIDI: 2 KB, NWC: 1 KB

General Information

Title: Winscott
Composer: Samuel Sebastian Wesley

Number of voices: 4vv  Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Hymns     Meter:  88. 88 (L.M.)
Language: English
Instruments: piano/organ
Published: Tune: Win­scott, Sam­u­el S. Wes­ley, 1872; Lyrics: Anne Steele, Po­ems on Sub­jects Chief­ly De­vo­tion­al, 1760; the orig­in­al was the 13-stanza po­em, When I Re­solved to Watch My Thoughts. This ver­sion is a cen­to that first ap­peared in A Se­lect­ion of Hymns from the Best Au­thors, by John Rip­pon, 1787.

Description:

External websites:

Cyber Hymnal entry for Winscott:

http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/a/m/m/ammframe.htm

Original text and translations

English text

1.

Almighty Maker of my frame!

Teach me the measure of my days,

Teach me to know how frail I am,

And spend the remnant in Thy praise.

2.

My days are shorter than a span,

A little point my life appears;

How frail at best is dying man!

How vain are all his hopes and fears!

3.

Vain his ambition, noise and show;

Vain are the cares which rack his mind;

He heaps up treasures mixed with woe,

And dies and leaves them all behind.

4.

O be a nobler portion mine!

My God, I bow before Thy throne;

Earth’s fleeting treasures I resign,

And fix my hope on Thee alone.

Lyrics: Anne Steele, Po­ems on Sub­jects Chief­ly De­vo­tion­al, 1760.