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==General Information== | ==General Information== | ||
'''Title:''' ''Bitter Sweet''<br> | '''Title:''' ''Bitter Sweet''<br> | ||
'''First Line:''' What is the world, with all its toys<br> | |||
{{Composer|Oliver Holden}} | {{Composer|Oliver Holden}} | ||
{{Lyricist|Benjamin Beddome}} | {{Lyricist|Benjamin Beddome}} | ||
{{Voicing|3|STB}}<br> | {{Voicing|3|STB}}<br> | ||
{{Genre|Sacred|Hymns}} | {{Genre|Sacred|Hymns}} {{meter|86. 86 (C.M.)}} | ||
{{Language|English}} | {{Language|English}} | ||
{{Instruments|A cappella}} | {{Instruments|A cappella}} | ||
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==Original text and translations== | ==Original text and translations== | ||
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''Resignation, or God our portion'' | |||
1. My times of sorrow and of joy, | |||
Great God, are in Thy hand; | |||
My choicest comforts come from Thee | |||
And go at Thy command. | |||
2 If thou should take them all away, | |||
Yet would I not repine; | |||
Before they were possessed by me, | |||
They were entirely thine. | |||
3. Nor would I drop a murmuring word, | |||
Though the whole world were gone, | |||
But seek enduring happiness | |||
In Thee, and Thee alone. | |||
4. What is the world with all its store? (a) | |||
'Tis but a bitter-sweet; | |||
When I attempt to pluck the rose, | |||
A prickly thorn I meet. | |||
5. Here perfect bliss can ne'er be found, | |||
The honey's mixed with gall; | |||
Midst changing scenes and dying friends, | |||
Be Thou my all in all. | |||
_______________ | |||
:(a) Holden has "with all its ''toys''?"}} | |||
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[[Category:Sheet music]] | [[Category:Sheet music]] | ||
[[Category:Classical music]] | [[Category:Classical music]] | ||
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- (Posted 2015-07-17) CPDL #36122:
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- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-07-17). Score information: Unknown, 1 page, 46 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Three-part version, Treble-Tenor-Bass. Note shapes added (4-shape). Rewritten by B. C. Johnston, 2015.
General Information
Title: Bitter Sweet
First Line: What is the world, with all its toys
Composer: Oliver Holden
Lyricist: Benjamin Beddome
Number of voices: 3vv Voicing: STB
Genre: Sacred, Hymn Meter: 86. 86 (C.M.)
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
Published: 1800
Description: First published in Plain Psalmody, 1800, p. 38, voiced for three parts: Treble-Tenor-Bass. Words by Benjamin Beddome, 1778, with five stanzas.
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Original text and translations
English text
Resignation, or God our portion
1. My times of sorrow and of joy,
Great God, are in Thy hand;
My choicest comforts come from Thee
And go at Thy command.
2 If thou should take them all away,
Yet would I not repine;
Before they were possessed by me,
They were entirely thine.
3. Nor would I drop a murmuring word,
Though the whole world were gone,
But seek enduring happiness
In Thee, and Thee alone.
4. What is the world with all its store? (a)
'Tis but a bitter-sweet;
When I attempt to pluck the rose,
A prickly thorn I meet.
5. Here perfect bliss can ne'er be found,
The honey's mixed with gall;
Midst changing scenes and dying friends,
Be Thou my all in all.
_______________
(a) Holden has "with all its toys?"