Ashes alone - Weed, Thurlow

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◈ Genre → Hymns

♯ Key F major

⁄ Time Signature 4/4

♬ Voicing → SATB

◆ Difficulty

Intermediate

↕ Range F2 – D5

¶ Language → English

Measures 16

Texture Polyphonic

Parts 2

Instruments Keyboard

Pages 1

CPDL # 38533

Editor Thurlow Weed

Posted 2016-02-12

License Personal

♫Pitch Ranges

MusicXML Part

F2 – C4

¶Lyrics / Text

1. Ashes alone remain when life is done; Garlands and laurels wither, fade, and burn; Nothing of ours has immortality; Such is the wisdom humankind must learn. 2. Ashes remain; the fire of human pride Burns and consumes the doer and the deed; Nothing remains of all we try to hold: Pride of possession, science, natture, creed. 3. Ashes alone are our best offering; When all is ashes, we at last are free, Free from the chains that keep us from God's love, Free now to come in all humility. 4. From these cold ashes, gracious God of life, As from the dust you molded Adam, raise Our mortal bodies to eternal life That we may offer you eternal praise. Text: © 2016 Christopher L. Webber All rights reserved. Used by permission.