Auspicious Morn (Samuel Babcock)
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- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2016-06-18). Score information: Letter, 1 page, 79 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Oval note edition. Four more pairs of stanzas included from Barbauld's hymn.
- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2016-06-18). Score information: 7 x 10 inches (landscape), 1 page, 79 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape). Four more pairs of stanzas included from Barbauld's hymn.
General Information
Title: Auspicious Morn
First Line: Again the Lord of life and light
Composer: Samuel Babcock
Lyricist: Anna Barbauld
Number of voices: 3vv Voicing: STB
Genre: Sacred Meter: 86. 86 (C.M.)
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
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Description: First published in The Psalmodist's Assistant, 1806, p. 81. Words by Anna Barbauld, 1772, with eleven stanzas. Babcock used the first and third stanzas of Barbauld's hymn in his composition.
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Original text and translations
English text 1. Again the Lord of life and light |
4. Ten thousand differing lips shall join |
7. Not long the toils of hell could keep |
10. And still for erring, guilty man, |