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==Music files==
==Music files==
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:'''Edition notes:''' Oval note edition. The other four stanzas of Flatman's hymn have been added below.
:'''Edition notes:''' Oval note edition. The other four stanzas of Flatman's hymn have been added below. {{MXL}}


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:'''Edition notes:''' Note shapes added (4-shape). The other four stanzas of Flatman's hymn have been added below.Re-formatted 2015-09-08.
:'''Edition notes:''' Note shapes added (4-shape). The other four stanzas of Flatman's hymn have been added below.Re-formatted 2015-09-08.
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==General Information==
==General Information==
'''Title:''' ''The Lark''<br>
'''Title:''' ''The Lark''<br>
'''First Line:''' Look up and see the unwearied sun<br>
{{FirstLine| Look up and see the unwearied sun}}
{{Composer|William Billings}}
{{Composer|William Billings}}
{{Lyricist|Thomas Flatman}}
{{Lyricist|Thomas Flatman}}


{{Voicing|4|SATB}}<br>
{{Voicing|4|SATB}}<br>
{{Genre|Sacred|Hymns}} &nbsp; {{meter|88. 88 (L.M.)}}
{{Genre|Sacred|}} &nbsp; {{Meter|88. 88 (L.M.)}}
{{Language|English}}
{{Language|English}}
{{Instruments|A cappella}}
{{Instruments|A cappella}}
{{Published|1790}}
{{Pub|1|1790|as a separate piece by Billings, with ''[[The Bird (William Billings)|The Bird]]'' (see Kroeger 1986).}}


'''Description:''' First published as a separate piece, published by the author in 1790 (see Kroeger 1986). Words by Thomas Flatman, 1674. Billings has used the second stanza of Flatman's hymn; the first stanza begins ''Awake, my soul! Awake, mine eyes''. For another version of this hymn, see [[Awake my soul, awake mine eyes (Thomas Clark)]].
'''Description:''' Words by Thomas Flatman, 1674. Billings has used the second stanza of Flatman's hymn; the first stanza begins ''Awake, my soul! Awake, mine eyes''.


'''External websites:'''  
'''External websites:'''  


==Original text and translations==
==Original text and translations==
{{Text|English|
{{LinkText|Awake my soul, awake mine eyes}}
1. Awake, my soul! Awake, mine eyes
“Tis time for morning sacrifice.
Awake, and see the new-born light
Spring from the darksome womb of night.
 
2. Look up, and see the unwearied sun
Already hath his race begun:
The pretty lark is mounted high,
And sings her matins in the sky.
 
3. Arise, my soul! And thou, my voice,
In songs of early praise rejoice!
O great Creator! Heavenly King!
Thy praises ever let me sing.
 
4. Thy power hath made, Thy goodness kept
This fenceless body while I slept;
Yet one day more hath lent to me,
From all the powers of darkness free.
 
5. O keep my heart from sin secure,
My life unblameable and pure;
That, when my last of days is come,
Serenely I may wait my doom.}}


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  • (Posted 2015-05-06)  CPDL #35312:       
Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-05-06).   Score information: Letter, 2 pages, 72 kB   Copyright: Public Domain
Edition notes: Oval note edition. The other four stanzas of Flatman's hymn have been added below. MusicXML source file(s) in compressed .mxl format.
  • (Posted 2015-05-06)  CPDL #35311:   
Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-05-06).   Score information: Unknown, 2 pages, 71 kB   Copyright: Public Domain
Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape). The other four stanzas of Flatman's hymn have been added below.Re-formatted 2015-09-08.

General Information

Title: The Lark
First Line: Look up and see the unwearied sun
Composer: William Billings
Lyricist: Thomas Flatman

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB

Genre: Sacred   Meter: 88. 88 (L.M.)

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1790 as a separate piece by Billings, with The Bird (see Kroeger 1986)

Description: Words by Thomas Flatman, 1674. Billings has used the second stanza of Flatman's hymn; the first stanza begins Awake, my soul! Awake, mine eyes.

External websites:

Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at Awake my soul, awake mine eyes.

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