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==General Information==
==General Information==
'''Title:''' ''Creation''<br>
'''Title:''' ''Creation''<br>
{{FirstLine|Blest be the man whose piercing mind (original}<br>
{{FirstLine|Blest be the man whose piercing mind}}
{{FirstLine|Great God, the heavens' well-ordered frame (Watts)<br>
{{Composer|Jacob French}}
{{Composer|Jacob French}}
{{Lyricist|Isaac Watts}}
{{Lyricist|Isaac Watts}}
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'''Description:''' Words in 1802 obscure, by an unknown author, and not fitting the title very well (see below).
'''Description:''' Words in 1802 obscure, by an unknown author, and not fitting the title very well (see below).


'''External websites:'''  
'''External websites:'''


==Original text and translations==
==Original text and translations==

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  • (Posted 2016-03-14)  CPDL #38890:       
Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2016-03-14).   Score information: Letter, 1 page, 81 kB   Copyright: Public Domain
Edition notes: Oval note edition. Words substituted for this edition: Isaac Watts, 1719, paraphrase of Psalm 19, in eight stanzas. All eight stanzas included. MusicXML source file(s) in compressed .mxl format.
  • (Posted 2016-03-14)  CPDL #38889:   
Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2016-03-14).   Score information: 7 x 10 inches (landscape), 1 page, 84 kB   Copyright: Public Domain
Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape). Words substituted for this edition: Isaac Watts, 1719, paraphrase of Psalm 19, in eight stanzas. All eight stanzas included.

General Information

Title: Creation
First Line: Blest be the man whose piercing mind
Composer: Jacob French
Lyricist: Isaac Watts

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB

Genre: Sacred   Meter: 88. 88. 88

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

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Description: Words in 1802 obscure, by an unknown author, and not fitting the title very well (see below).

External websites:

Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at Psalm 19.

English.png English text

Words appearing with the music in 1802
Blest be the man whose piercing mind
By vulgar precepts unconfined,
On wild inventive wings can soar,
Where rude misshapen systems lay
Beyond the reach of order's sway,
And nature's boundless depths explore.