Derby (Daniel Read)

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CPDL #32295:   

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2014-06-22).   Score information: Letter, 1 page, 28 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Oval-note edition.

CPDL #32296:   

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2014-06-22).   Score information: Letter (landscape), 1 page, 29 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape).

General Information

Title: Derby
Composer: Daniel Read
Lyricist: Isaac Watts

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB

Genre: Sacred, Hymn

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

Published: 1785

Description: Words by Isaac Watts, 1719, adaptation of Psalm 84.

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Original text and translations

English text

Lord of the worlds above,
How pleasant and how fair
The dwellings of Thy love,
Thy earthly temples are!
To thine abode
My heart aspires,
With warm desires
To see my God.

To spend one sacred day
Where God and saints abide,
Affords diviner joy
Than thousand days beside:
Where God resorts,
I love it more
To keep the door
Than shine in courts.

The Lord his people loves;
His hand no good withholds
From those His heart approves,
From pure and pious souls:
Thrice happy he,
O God of hosts,
Whose spirit trusts
Alone in Thee.