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(Posted 2011-01-29) CPDL #23073:

Editor: Tim Henderson (submitted 2011-01-29). Score information: A4, 1 page, 386 kB Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: "A Funeral Hymn" From New Church Melody: Being a Set of Anthems, Psalms, Hymns, &c. on Various Occasions. In Four Parts with a great Variety of other Anthems, Psalms, Hymns, &c. composed after a Method entirely new, and never printed before 1753.

(Posted 2006-01-28) CPDL #10870:

Editor: Tim Henderson (submitted 2006-01-28). Score information: A4, 1 page, 43 kB Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: late harmony version from Centenary Tunebook (1839), where the tune is titled 'Macclesfield'.

General Information

Title: My life's a shade
Composer: William Knapp
Lyricist: Samuel Crossman

Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Hymn

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella or organ

First published: 1753 in the first edition of New Church Melody
Description: A funeral hymn. Hymn Tune Index tune number 2092.

External websites:

Page for Knapp's New Church Melody on IMSLP
Further verses at
http://stoddardfamily.home.comcast.net/L/138.html (Northern Harmony site) or
http://www.ccel.org/w/wesley/hymn/jwg09/jwg0931.html (Methodist Hymnbook)

Original text and translations

English text

My life's a shade; my days
Apace to death decline;
My Lord is life, he'll raise
My dust again, e'en mine.

Chorus:
Sweet truth to me, I shall arise
And with these eyes my savior see.

My peaceful grave shall keep my bones till that sweet day,
I wake from my long sleep, and leave my bed of clay.

My Lord his angels shall their golden trumpets sound;
At whose most welcome call my grave shall be unbound…

I said sometimes with tears, Ah me! I'm loth to die;
Lord, silence thou those fears, my life's with thee on high…

What means my trembling heart, to be thus shy of death ?
My life and I shan't part, tho' I resign my breath…

Then welcome harmless grave; by thee to heav'n I'll go;
My Lord, his death shall save me from the flames below…

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+{{Editor|Tim Henderson|2011-01-29}}{{ScoreInfo|A4|1|386}}{{Copy|CPDL}}
+:{{EdNotes|"A Funeral Hymn" From New Church Melody: Being a Set of Anthems, Psalms, Hymns, &c. on Various Occasions. In Four Parts with a great Variety of other Anthems, Psalms, Hymns, &c. composed after a Method entirely new, and never printed before 1753.}}
-* '''CPDL #10870:''' [{{SERVER}}/wiki/images/5/54/Macclesfield.pdf {{pdf}}] [{{SERVER}}/wiki/images/1/1a/Macclesfield.mid {{mid}}]
+*{{PostedDate|2006-01-28}} {{CPDLno|10870}} [[Media:Macclesfield.pdf|{{pdf}}]] [[Media:Macclesfield.mid|{{mid}}]]
-{{Editor|Tim Henderson|2006-01-28}}'''Score information:''' A4, 1 page, 43 kbytes&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;{{Copy|CPDL}}
+{{Editor|Tim Henderson|2006-01-28}}{{ScoreInfo|A4|1|43}}{{Copy|CPDL}}
-:'''Edition notes:'''
+:{{EdNotes|late harmony version from Centenary Tunebook (1839), where the tune is titled 'Macclesfield'.}}
 ==General Information==
-'''Title:''' ''Macclesfield (My life's a shade)''<br>
+{{Title|''My life's a shade''}}
 {{Composer|William Knapp}}
+{{Lyricist|Samuel Crossman}}
-{{Voicing|4|SATB}}<br>
+{{Voicing|4|SATB}}
 {{Genre|Sacred|Hymns}}
 {{Language|English}}
-'''Instruments:''' <br>
+{{Instruments|A cappella or organ}}
-'''Published:'''
+{{Pub|1|1753|in the first edition of ''New Church Melody''.}}
+{{Descr|A funeral hymn. Hymn Tune Index tune number 2092.}}
-'''Description:''' late harmony version from Centenary Tunebook (1839)
+{{#ExtWeb:
+*[http://imslp.org/wiki/New_Church_Melody_%28Knapp,_William%29 Page for Knapp's ''New Church Melody''] on IMSLP
-'''External websites:'''
 Further verses at<br>
-http://stoddardfamily.home.comcast.net/L/138.html  (Northern Harmony site) or<br>
+http://stoddardfamily.home.comcast.net/L/138.html (Northern Harmony site) or<br>
-http://www.ccel.org/w/wesley/hymn/jwg09/jwg0931.html (Methodist Hymnbook)
+http://www.ccel.org/w/wesley/hymn/jwg09/jwg0931.html (Methodist Hymnbook)}}
 ==Original text and translations==
+{{Text|English|
-{{Text|English}}
+My life's a shade; my days
-<poem>
+Apace to death decline;
-My life's a shade; my days
+My Lord is life, he'll raise
-Apace to death decline;
-My Lord is life, he'll raise
 My dust again, e'en mine.
 ''Chorus: ''
 Sweet truth to me, I shall arise
 And with these eyes my savior see.
-</poem>
+My peaceful grave shall keep my bones till that sweet day,
+I wake from my long sleep, and leave my bed of clay.
+My Lord his angels shall their golden trumpets sound;
+At whose most welcome call my grave shall be unbound…
+I said sometimes with tears, Ah me! I'm loth to die;
+Lord, silence thou those fears, my life's with thee on high…
+What means my trembling heart, to be thus shy of death ?
+My life and I shan't part, tho' I resign my breath…
+Then welcome harmless grave; by thee to heav'n I'll go;
+My Lord, his death shall save me from the flames below…}}
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