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:'''Edition notes:''' The alto part is printed in the source in the treble clef, an octave above sounding pitch. Only the first verse of the text is given in the source: three subsequent verses have been added editorially. The tenor E and F on beat 2 of bar 17 are printed as small semiquaver grace notes in the source, but have been written out fully in the present edition.
:'''Edition notes:''' The alto part is printed in the source in the treble clef, an octave above sounding pitch. Only the first verse of the text is given in the source: three subsequent verses have been added editorially. The tenor E and F on beat 2 of bar 17 are printed as small semiquaver grace notes in the source, but have been written out fully in the present edition.

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Editor: Edmund Gooch (submitted 2011-06-07).   Score information: A4, 2 pages, 38 kB   Copyright: Public Domain
Edition notes: The alto part is printed in the source in the treble clef, an octave above sounding pitch. Only the first verse of the text is given in the source: three subsequent verses have been added editorially. The tenor E and F on beat 2 of bar 17 are printed as small semiquaver grace notes in the source, but have been written out fully in the present edition.

General Information

Title: O love divine, how sweet thou art
Composer: John Fawcett
Tune: Redeeming Love
Lyricist: Charles Wesley

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB

Genre: SacredHymn

Language: English
Instruments: Basso continuo
Published: 1811

Description: Setting of verses by Charles Wesley to a tune 'Redeeming Love', by John Fawcett. This setting was published on page 23 of Fawcett's first publication, A New Set of Sacred Music [c1811]. Hymn Tune Index tune number 16898.

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Original text and translations

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O love divine, how sweet thou art!
When shall I find my willing heart
All taken up by thee?
I thirst, I long, and pant to prove
The greatness of redeeming love,
The love of Christ to me.

Stronger his love than death or hell;
Its riches are unsearchable:
The first-born sons of light
Desire in vain its depth to see;
They cannot reach the mystery,
The length, and breadth, and height.

O that I could for ever sit
With Mary at the Master's feet!
Be this my happy choice,
My only care, delight and bliss,
My joy, my heav'n on earth be this,
To hear the Bridegroom's voice.

O that I could with favour'd John
Recline my weary head upon
The dear Redeemer's breast!
From care and sin and sorrow free,
Give me, O Lord, to find in thee
My everlasting rest.