Desertion - Holden, Oliver

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"In original, words by Joseph Hart, 1769, hymn called ''Desertion'', with four stanzas. Words substituted here by Isaac Watts, 1719, paraphrase of Psalm 146, with six stanzas."

⌛ Period → Classical ◈ Genre → Psalm

♯ Key C minor

⁄ Time Signature 4/4

◆ Difficulty

Elementary

↕ Range G2 – G5

¶ Language → English

Measures 23

Texture mixed texture

Parts 4

Instruments A cappella

Pages 1

CPDL # 38124

Editor Barry Johnston

Posted 2016-01-10

License Public Domain

♫Pitch Ranges

Trebie

C4 – G5

Counter

D4 – C5

Tenor

F3 – E-4

Bass

G2 – C4

¶Lyrics / Text

1. Deep in a cold, a joyless cell, A doleful gulf of gloomy care! Where dismal doubts and darkness dwell, The dangerous brink of black despair; Chilled by the icy damps of death, I feel no firm support of faith. 2. How can a burdened cripple rise? How can a fettered captive flee? Ah, Lord, direct my wishful eyes; And let me look, at least, to thee. Alas, my sinking spirits droop, I scarce perceive a glimpse of hope.