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Text: | Let Us with a Gladsome Mind (Psalm 136) |
Author: | John Milton |
Tune: | MONKLAND |
Composer (attributed to): | John Antes |
Harmonizer: | John B. Wilkes |
Media: | Audio recording |
1 Let us with a gladsome mind
praise the Lord who is so kind:
for God's mercies shall endure,
ever faithful, ever sure.
2 God, with all-commanding might,
filled the new-made world with light:
for God's mercies shall endure,
ever faithful, ever sure.
3 All things living God does feed;
with full measure, meets their need:
for God's mercies shall endure,
ever faithful, ever sure.
4 Let us with a gladsome mind
praise the Lord who is so kind:
for God's mercies shall endure,
ever faithful, ever sure.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Let us with a gladsome mind |
Title: | Let Us with a Gladsome Mind (Psalm 136) |
Author: | John Milton (1624, alt.) |
Refrain First Line: | for God's mercies shall endure |
Meter: | 7.7.7.7 |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 2013 |
Scripture: | ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; |
Topic: | Care of Creation; Creation; Providence |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | MONKLAND |
Harmonizer: | John B. Wilkes (1861) |
Composer (attributed to): | John Antes (c. 1790) |
Meter: | 7.7.7.7 |
Key: | B♭ Major |
These few stanzas are among the least florid of the two dozen that make up the rather flamboyant paraphrase of Psalm 136 written by the 15-year-old who would become one of the greatest English poets. It is set here to a sprightly tune with Moravian connections.
Media | |
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Audio recording: | Audio (MP3) |