Desertion (Oliver Holden)

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• (Posted 2016-01-10)  CPDL #38124:     

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2016-01-10).   Score information: Unknown, 1 page, 89 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Four-part version; Counter part by B. C. Johnston, 2016. Note shapes added (4-shape). All six stanzas of Watts' paraphrase included; first line: I'll praise my Maker with my breath.

• (Posted 2016-01-10)  CPDL #38123:       

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2016-01-10).   Score information: Letter, 1 page, 88 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Four-part version; Counter part by B. C. Johnston, 2016. All six stanzas of of Watts' paraphrase included; first line: I'll praise my Maker with my breath.

• (Posted 2016-01-10)  CPDL #38122:       

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2016-01-10).   Score information: 7 x 10 inches (landscape), 1 page, 76 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Three-part version. Oval note edition, as written in 1806. All four stanzas of Hart's hymn included; first line: Deep in a cold, a joyless cell.

General Information

Title: Desertion
First Line: Deep in a cold, a joyless cell
Composer: Oliver Holden
Lyricist: Joseph Hart

Number of voices: 2-3vv   Voicings: SB, TB or STB
Genre: Sacred, Psalm-tune   Meter: 88. 88. 88

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1806 in The Young Convert's Companion for two parts, no. 12
    2nd published: 1806 in The Psalmodist's Assistant, Edition 2, no. 96
Description: In original, words by Joseph Hart, 1769, hymn called Desertion, with four stanzas. Words substituted here by Isaac Watts, 1719, paraphrase of Psalm 146, with six stanzas.

Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at Psalm 146.

English text 1. Deep in a cold, a joyless cell, A doleful gulf of gloomy care! Where dismal doubts and darkness dwell, The dangerous brink of black despair; Chilled by the icy damps of death, I feel no firm support of faith. 2. How can a burdened cripple rise? How can a fettered captive flee? Ah, Lord, direct my wishful eyes; And let me look, at least, to thee. Alas, my sinking spirits droop, I scarce perceive a glimpse of hope.

3. Extend thy mercy, gracious God. Thy quickening Spirit vouchsafe to send; Apply the reconciling blood; And kindly call thy foe thy friend: Or if rich cordials thou deny, Let patience comfort's place supply. 4. Let hope survive, though damped by doubt; Do thou defend my shattered shield; O! let me never quite give out. Help me to keep the bloody field; Lord, look upon the unequal strife; Delay not, lest I lose my life.

Desertion by Joseph Hart, 1769