Service for the Burial of the Dead - Morley, Thomas

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⌛ Period → Renaissance ◈ Genre → Burial services

♯ Key A minor

⁄ Time Signature 2/2

♬ Voicing → SATB

◆ Difficulty

Elementary

↕ Range G2 – F5

¶ Language → English

Measures 153

Texture mixed texture

Parts 4

Instruments A cappella

Pages 15

CPDL # 82813

Editor Cynthia Brome

Posted 2024-11-21

License CPDL License

♫Pitch Ranges

Soprano

C#4 – F5

Alto

A3 – A4

Tenor

D3 – G4

Bass

G2 – C4

¶Lyrics / Text

1. I am the resurrection and the life, saith the Lord: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: and whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. 2. I know that my Redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth. And though after my skin worms destroy this body yet in my flesh shall I see God whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another. 3. We brought nothing into this world and it is certain we can carry nothing out. The Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away; blessed be the Name of the Lord. 4. Man, that is born of a woman hath but a short time to live, and is full of misery. He cometh up, and is cut down, like a flow'r; he fleeth as it were a shadow, and never continueth in one stay. 5. In the midst of life we are in death; of whom may we seek for succour, but of thee, O Lord, who for our sins art justly displeas'd? Yet, O Lord God most holy, O Lord most mighty, O holy and most merciful Saviour, deliver us not into the bitter pains of eternal death. 6. Thou knowest, Lord, the secrets of our hearts; shut not thy merciful ears to our pray'rs; but spare us, Lord most holy, O God most mighty, O holy and merciful Saviour, thou most worthy Judge eternal, suffer us not at our last hour for any pains of death, to fall from thee. 7. I heard a voice from heav'n, saying unto me, write, from henceforth blessed are the dead which die in the Lord: ev'n so saith the Spirit; for they rest from their labours. Amen.