Florence (Samuel Babcock)

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• (Posted 2016-07-03)  CPDL #40226:       

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2016-07-03).   Score information: Letter, 1 page, 60 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Oval note edition. Three more stanzas included from Watts' hymn.

• (Posted 2016-07-03)  CPDL #40225:   

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2016-07-03).   Score information: 7 x 10 inches (landscape), 1 page, 60 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape). Three more stanzas included from Watts' hymn.

General Information

Title: Florence
First Line: Immense compassion reigns
Composer: Samuel Babcock
Lyricist: Isaac Watts

Number of voices: 3vv   Voicing: STB
Genre: Sacred   Meter: 66. 66. 88

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1803 in Babcock's The Middlesex Harmony, Second Edition, p. 66
Description: Words by Isaac Watts, 1706, Hymn 148 of Book 1, in eight stanzas. Babcock used the seventh stanzas of Watts' hymn in his composition.

Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at With cheerful voice I sing.