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Text: | Hark! from the Tombs a Doleful Sound |
Author: | Isaac Watts |
Tune: | BANGOR |
Composer: | William Tans'ur |
Media: | MIDI file |
1. Hark! from the tombs a doleful sound;
My ears, attend the cry;
“Ye living men, come view the ground
Where you must shortly lie.
2. Princes, this clay must be your bed,
In spite of all your towers;
The tall, the wise, the reverend head
Must lie as low as ours!
3. Great God! is this our certain doom?
And are we still secure?
Still walking downward to our tomb,
And yet prepare no more?
4. Grant us the powers of quickening grace,
To fit our souls to fly,
Then, when we drop this dying flesh,
We’ll rise above the sky.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Hark! from the tombs a doleful sound |
Title: | Hark! from the Tombs a Doleful Sound |
Author: | Isaac Watts (1719) |
Meter: | CM |
Language: | English |
Source: | Hymns and Spiritual Songs, 1707-9, Book II, number 63 |
Copyright: | Public Domain |
Notes: | This hymn was sung at the funeral of American president George Washington. Alternate tunes: CHESHIRE, Este's Psalter, 1592; FUNERAL THOUGHT, in A Compilation of Genuine Church Music, by Joseph Funk, 4th edition, 1847 (repeats last two lines of each verse); HEREFORD (OUSELEY), Frederick A. G. Ouseley, 1825-1889; SONG 67 (GIBBONS), Orlando Gibbons, 1583-1625, arranged by Henry T. Smart, 1813-1879 |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | BANGOR |
Composer: | William Tans'ur (1734) |
Meter: | CM |
Incipit: | 53215 17655 57654 |
Key: | c minor |
Copyright: | Public Domain |
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Adobe Acrobat image: | Adobe Acrobat image (Cyber Hymnal) |
MIDI file: | MIDI File (Cyber Hymnal) |
Noteworthy Composer score: | Noteworthy Composer score (Cyber Hymnal) |
XML score: | XML score |