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*[[Image:NewScore.gif]] '''CPDL #10533:''' [http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/images/8/8e/Derby.pdf | *[[Image:NewScore.gif]] '''CPDL #10533:''' [http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/images/8/8e/Derby.pdf {{pdf}}] [http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/images/1/18/Derby.mid {{mid}}] | ||
:'''Editor:''' [[User:Tim Henderson|Tim Henderson]] ''(added 2005-12-31)''. '''Score information: '''A4, 1 pages, 41 kbytes '''Copyright:''' [[ChoralWiki:|]] | :'''Editor:''' [[User:Tim Henderson|Tim Henderson]] ''(added 2005-12-31)''. '''Score information:''' A4, 1 pages, 41 kbytes '''Copyright:''' [[ChoralWiki:|]] | ||
:'''Edition notes:''' from Peck's Centenary Tunebook 1839 | :'''Edition notes:''' from Peck's Centenary Tunebook 1839 | ||
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'''Genre:''' [[:Category:Sacred music|Sacred]], [[:Category:Hymns|Hymns]]<br> | '''Genre:''' [[:Category:Sacred music|Sacred]], [[:Category:Hymns|Hymns]]<br> | ||
'''Language:''' English<br> | '''Language:''' English<br> | ||
'''Instruments: '''<br> | '''Instruments:''' <br> | ||
'''Published: '''c 1772 | '''Published:''' c 1772 | ||
'''Description: '''According to Hymn Tune Index, first appeared in 1772 (The Spiritual Psalmists Companion) but probably more widely available from John Wesley's Sacred Harmony 1781. | '''Description:''' According to Hymn Tune Index, first appeared in 1772 (The Spiritual Psalmists Companion) but probably more widely available from John Wesley's Sacred Harmony 1781. | ||
The Peculiar Metre [[:Category:55. 5 11|55. 5 11]] fits Charles Wesley's Hymn for the New Year. | The Peculiar Metre [[:Category:55. 5 11|55. 5 11]] fits Charles Wesley's Hymn for the New Year. | ||
'''External websites: ''' | '''External websites:''' | ||
==Original text and translations== | ==Original text and translations== | ||
{{Text|English}} | |||
:Come let us anew | |||
:Our journey pursue, | |||
:Roll round with the year | |||
:And never stand still | |||
:Till the Master appear. | |||
:His adorable will | |||
:Let us gladly fulfil; | |||
:And our talents improve | |||
:By the patience of hope, | |||
:And the labour of love. | |||
Let us gladly fulfil; | |||
And our talents improve | |||
By the patience of hope, | |||
And the labour of love. | |||
:Our life is a dream; | |||
Our time, as a stream, | :Our time, as a stream, | ||
Glides swiftly away; | :Glides swiftly away; | ||
And the fugitive moment | :And the fugitive moment | ||
Refuses to stay. | :Refuses to stay. | ||
:The arrow is flown, | |||
:The moment is gone, | |||
:The millennial year | |||
:Rushes on to our view, | |||
:And eternity's here. | |||
:O that each in the day | |||
:Of his coming may say, | |||
:"I have fought my way through, | |||
:"I have finished the work | |||
:"Thou didst give me to do!" | |||
[[Category:Sheet music]] | [[Category:Sheet music]] | ||
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CPDL #10533: 
- Editor: Tim Henderson (added 2005-12-31). Score information: A4, 1 pages, 41 kbytes Copyright: [[ChoralWiki:|]]
- Edition notes: from Peck's Centenary Tunebook 1839
General Information
Title: Derby ("Come let us anew")
Composer: Anonymous
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Hymns
Language: English
Instruments:
Published: c 1772
Description: According to Hymn Tune Index, first appeared in 1772 (The Spiritual Psalmists Companion) but probably more widely available from John Wesley's Sacred Harmony 1781. The Peculiar Metre 55. 5 11 fits Charles Wesley's Hymn for the New Year.
External websites:
Original text and translations
English text
- Come let us anew
- Our journey pursue,
- Roll round with the year
- And never stand still
- Till the Master appear.
- His adorable will
- Let us gladly fulfil;
- And our talents improve
- By the patience of hope,
- And the labour of love.
- Our life is a dream;
- Our time, as a stream,
- Glides swiftly away;
- And the fugitive moment
- Refuses to stay.
- The arrow is flown,
- The moment is gone,
- The millennial year
- Rushes on to our view,
- And eternity's here.
- O that each in the day
- Of his coming may say,
- "I have fought my way through,
- "I have finished the work
- "Thou didst give me to do!"