Now let us see thy beauty, Lord (Samuel Sebastian Wesley)
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CPDL #20679:
- Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2009-12-26). Score information: A4, 1 page, 18 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Words by Benjamin Waugh (1839-1900)
General Information
Title: Castleford
Composer: Samuel Sebastian Wesley
Lyricist: Benjamin Waugh
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Hymn
Language: English
Instruments: a cappella
Published:
Description: Arrangement by S. S. Wesley of a tune originally appearing in Sacred Harmony, Leeds c. 1720
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Original text and translations
English text
1. Now let us see thy beauty, Lord,
As we have seen before;
And by thy beauty quicken us
To love thee and adore.
2. 'Tis easy when with simple mind
Thy loveliness we see,
To consecrate ourselves afresh
To duty and to thee.
3. Our ever-feverish mood is cooled,
And gone is every load,
When we can lose the love of self,
And find the love of God.
4. 'Tis by thy loveliness we're won
To home and thee again,
And as we are thy children true
We are more truly men.
5. Lord, it is coming to ourselves
When thus we come to thee;
The bondage of thy loveliness
Is perfect liberty.
6. So now we come to ask again
What thou hast often given,
The vision of that loveliness
Which is the life of heaven.