9483 | The Cyber Hymnal#9484 | 9485 |
Text: | Awake The Trumpet's Lofty Sound |
Adapter: | Newburgh Hamilton |
Author: | John Milton |
Tune: | LOWELL |
Arranger: | Lowell Mason |
Media: | MIDI file |
1 Awake the trumpet’s lofty sound,
To spread your sacred pleasure round;
Awake each voice, and strike each string,
And to the solemn organ sing.
2 Let all, whom life and breath inspire,
Attend, and join the blissful choir;
But chiefly ye, who know His Word,
Adore, and love, and praise the Lord.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Awake the trumpet’s lofty sound |
Title: | Awake The Trumpet's Lofty Sound |
Adapter: | Newburgh Hamilton |
Author: | John Milton |
Meter: | LM |
Language: | English |
Source: | Hamilton wrote these words, adapted from John Milton’s "Samson Agonistes," as the libretto for George Handel’s oratorio Samson. |
Copyright: | Public Domain |
Notes: | Alternate tunes: RIVERA, adapted from Dimitri S. Bortniansky; ROTHWELl by William Tans'ur |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | LOWELL |
Arranger: | Lowell Mason (1844) |
Meter: | LM |
Key: | D Major |
Source: | Russian tune; Carmina Sacra (Boston: J. H. Wilkins & R. B. Carter, 1844) |
Copyright: | Public Domain |
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