Lord, what is man - Purcell, Henry

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⌛ Period → Baroque ◈ Genre / Form → Arias

♯ Key G minor

⁄ Time Signature 4/4

♬ Voicing → Solo high

◆ Difficulty

Intermediate

↕ Range G1 – G5

¶ Language → English

Measures 120

Texture mixed texture

Parts 4

Instruments Basso continuo

Pages 9

CPDL # 38089

Editor Willem Verkaik

Posted 2016-01-08

License CPDL License

♫Pitch Ranges

Tenor

D3 – A4

Viola da Gamba

G2 – D5

Harpsichord

G1 – E-4

¶Lyrics / Text

Lord, what is man, lost man, That Thou shouldst be so mindful of him? That the Son of God forsook his glory, His abode. To become a poor, tormented man! The Deity was shrunk into a span, And that for me, O wondrous love, for me. Reveal ye glorious spirits, when you knew the way the Son of God took to renew lost man, Your vacant places to supply; Blest spirits tell which did excel, which was more prevalent, your joy or your astonishment. That man should be assum'd into the Deity, That for a worm, a God should die. Oh! oh! for a quill, drawn from your wing To write the praises of eternal love; Oh! oh! for a voice like yours, to sing That anthem here, which once you sung above. Hallelujah.