The Primal Love (Jennifer Bastable)
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- Editor: Jennifer Bastable (submitted 2024-08-29). Score information: Letter, 2 pages, 229 kB Copyright: Personal
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General Information
Title: The Primal Love
Composer: Jennifer Bastable
Lyricist: George MacDonald
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Anthem
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
First published:
Description: A setting for four voices, of lines from George MacDonald's poem 'November' from 'A Book of Strife in the Form of the Diary of an Old Soul.'
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Original text and translations
English text
Lord, with thy breath blow on my being’s fires,
Until, even to the soul with self-love wan,
I yield the primal love, that no return desires.