Derby ("Come let us anew") (Anonymous)
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- Editor: Tim Henderson (added 2005-12-31). Score information: A4, 1 pages, 41 kbytes Copyright: [[ChoralWiki:|]]
- Edition notes: from Peck's Centenary Tunebook 1839
General Information
Title: Derby ("Come let us anew")
Composer: Anonymous
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Hymns
Language: English
Instruments:
Published: c 1772
Description: According to Hymn Tune Index, first appeared in 1772 (The Spiritual Psalmists Companion) but probably more widely available from John Wesley's Sacred Harmony 1781. The Peculiar Metre 55. 5 11 fits Charles Wesley's Hymn for the New Year.
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Original text and translations
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1 Come let us anew
Our journey pursue,
Roll round with the year (x2)
And never stand still (x2)
Till the Master appear.
2 His adorable will
Let us gladly fulfil;
And our talents improve (x2)
By the patience of hope,(x2)
And the labour of love.
3 Our life is a dream;
Our time, as a stream,
Glides swiftly away; (x2)
And the fugitive moment (x2)
Refuses to stay.
4 The arrow is flown,
The moment is gone, -
The millennial year (x2)
Rushes on to our view, (x2)
And eternity's here.
5 O that each in the day
Of his coming may say, -
I have fought my way through, (x2)
I have finished the work (x2)
Thou didst give me to do!