Full of wrath, his threat'ning breath - Brailsford, Humphrey

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"Long misattributed to Henry Purcell, this devotional song is actually by Brailsford, whose initials (H.B.) were close enough to the better known Purcell's (H.P.) to warrant confusion."

⌛ Period → Baroque ◈ Genre / Form → Sacred songs

♯ Key C minor

⁄ Time Signature 4/4

♬ Voicing → SoloS

◆ Difficulty

Advanced

↕ Range D2 – G4

¶ Language → English

Measures 47

Texture Homophonic

Parts 2

Instruments Solo S, Basso Continuo

Pages 3

CPDL # 21679

Editor Lewis Jones

Posted 2010-05-27

License Public Domain

♫Pitch Ranges

Voice

B2 – G4

Basso Continuo

D2 – D4

¶Lyrics / Text

Full of wrath, his threat'ning breath Belching nought but chains and death, Saul was arrested in his way By a voice and light, That if a thousand days Should join their rays To beautify a day It would not show so glorious and so bright. On his amazed eyes it night did fling, That day might break within, And by these beams of faith Make of him, a child of wrath, Become a vessel full of glory. Lord, curb us in our dark and sinful way, We humbly pray, When we down horrid precipices run, With feet that thirst to be undone, That this may be our story.