For the few hours of life allotted me (Richard Nicholson)
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- (Posted 2024-02-17) CPDL #79163:
- Editors: Jonathan Goodliffe and Mick Swithinbank (submitted 2024-02-17). Score information: A4, 2 pages, 197 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes:
General Information
Title: For the few hours of life allotted me
Composer: Richard Nicholson
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 3vv Voicing: SSS
Number of voices: 3vv Voicing: TTT
Genre: Sacred, Partsong
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
First published: Not known
Description: A catch. Some sources suggest that the lyricist is Abraham Cowley, but that seems unlikely as there was only a very short overlap between Cowley's life span and that of Nicholson.
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Original text and translations
English text
For the few hours of life allotted me,
give me, great God, but bread and liberty. I'll beg no more.
If more Thou'rt pleased to grant, I'll thankfully that overplus receive.
If beyond this no more be freely sent,
I'll thank for this and go away content.
For the few hours of life allotted me,
give me great God but bread and li-berty, give me great God but bread and liberty.
I'll beg no more, no more.
If more Thou'rt pleased to grant, I'll thankfully that overplus receive.