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"Words by Isaac Watts, 1706, ''Lyric Poems'', four lines from ''False Greatness'', with an irregular meter."

⌛ Epoche → Barock ◈ Genre → Sacred

♯ Tonart E- major

⁄ Taktart 4/4

♬ Besetzung → SATB

◆ Difficulty

Anfänger

↕ Tonumfang B-2 – E-5

¶ Sprache → Englisch

Takte 18

Textur mixed texture

Stimmen 4

Instrumente A cappella

Seiten 1

CPDL Nr. 35439

Bearbeiter Barry Johnston

Veröffentlicht 2015-05-16

Lizenz Gemeinfrei

♫Tonumfänge

Treble

g' – E-5

Counter

d' – B-4

Tenor

g – f'

Bass

B-2 – B-3

Schlagwörter

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I. My Lord, forbear to call him blessed That only boasts a large estate, Should all the treasures of the west Meet, and conspire to make him great. I know thy better thoughts; I know Thy reason can't descend so low. Let a broad stream with golden sands Through all his meadows roll, He's but a wretch, with all his lands, That wears a narrow soul. II. He swells amidst his wealthy store, And, proudly posing what he weighs, In his own scale he fondly lays Huge heaps of shining ore. He spreads the balance wide, to hold His manors and his farms, And cheats the beam with loads of gold He hugs between his arms. So might the plow-boy climb a tree, When Croesus mounts his throne, And both stand up, and smile to see How long their shadow's grown. Alas! How vain their fancies be, To think that shape their own! III. Thus, mingled still with wealth and state, Croesus himself can never know; His true dimensions and his weight Are far inferior to their show. Were I so tall to reach the pole, Or grasp the ocean with my span, I must be measured by my soul: The mind's the standard of the man.