O snatch me swift (John Wall Callcott)

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• (Posted 2021-09-08)  CPDL #65689:         

Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2021-09-08).   Score information: A4, 13 pages, 336 kB   Copyright: CPDL

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• (Posted 2009-04-18)  CPDL #19295:        (Sibelius 5)

Editor: Jonathan Goodliffe (submitted 2009-04-18).   Score information: A4, 17 pages, 154 kB   Copyright: CPDL

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General Information

Title: O snatch me swift
Composer: John Wall Callcott

Number of voices: 5vv   Voicing: SATBB
Genre: Secular, Glee

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella (originally). Piano accompaniment added by William Horsley (1774-1858).

First published:
    2nd published: 1851 Novello's Glee Hive no.15
Description: A five part glee to the text of an anonymous poem published in 1788. Considered by many to be his best composition in this genre.

Original text and translations

English text

O snatch me swift from these tempestuous scenes,
To where life knows not what distraction means;
To where religion, peace, and comfort dwell,
And cheer, with heart-felt rays, my lonely cell;
Yet if it please thee best, thou pow'r supreme,
My bark to drive through life's more rapid stream,
If low’ring storms my destined course attend,
And ocean rages till my days shall end.
Let ocean rage, let storms indignant roar,
I bow submissive and resigned adore.