Florence (Samuel Babcock)

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  • (Posted 2016-07-03)  CPDL #40226:       
Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2016-07-03).   Score information: Letter, 1 page, 60 kB   Copyright: Public Domain
Edition notes: Oval note edition. Three more stanzas included from Watts' hymn.
  • (Posted 2016-07-03)  CPDL #40225:   
Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2016-07-03).   Score information: 7 x 10 inches (landscape), 1 page, 60 kB   Copyright: Public Domain
Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape). Three more stanzas included from Watts' hymn.

General Information

Title: Florence
First Line: Immense compassion reigns
Composer: Samuel Babcock
Lyricist: Isaac Watts

Number of voices: 3vv   Voicing: STB

Genre: Sacred   Meter: 66. 66. 88

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1803 in Babcock's The Middlesex Harmony, Second Edition, p. 66

Description: Words by Isaac Watts, 1706, Hymn 148 of Book 1, in eight stanzas. Babcock used the seventh stanzas of Watts' hymn in his composition.

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Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at With cheerful voice I sing.