Solitude (Elisha West)

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• (Posted 2019-12-22)  CPDL #56388:         

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2019-12-22).   Score information: 7 x 10 inches (landscape), 2 pages, 62 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape). The last stanzas included from the two sources, with Watts' paraphrase shortened as before.

General Information

Title: Solitude
First Line: My refuge is the God of love
Composer: Elisha West
Lyricist: Tate and Brady^{create page}
Lyricist: Isaac Watts

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Set piece   Meter: 86. 86 (C.M.)

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1798 in The Village Harmony (Henry Ranlet)
Description: Words are a combination of two paraphrases of Psalm 11. The first part is the first stanza of Isaac Watts' paraphrase, with the second and fourth lines reduced in length to six syllables; the second part is the first stanza of Nahum Tate and Nicholas Brady's paraphrase.

Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at Psalm 11.

English text Isaac Watts, 1719 1. My refuge is the God of love; Why do my foes insult and cry, Fly like a tim'rous, trembling dove, To distant woods or mountains fly. . . . 6. The righteous Lord loves righteous souls, Whose thoughts and actions are sincere; And with a gracious eye beholds The men that his own image bear.

West 1798 and this edition 1. My refuge is the God of love; My foes insult and cry, Fly like a tim'rous, trembling dove, To distant mountains fly. . . . 6. The righteous Lord loves righteous souls, Whose actions are sincere; And with a gracious eye beholds The men his image bear.