Letter from Josiah Conder
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line 1: For Music
line 2: (Psalm CL)
line 3: Praise the Lord!
line 4: Praise his name who dwells in light:
line 5: Praise the Lord who built the sky.
line 6: Praise Him for his deeds of might:
line 7: Praise His glorious majesty.
line 8: Swell the chorus to the sound
line 9: Of the trumpets thrilling voice:
line 10: Bid harp and dulcimer rejoice,
line 11: And timbrel to the pipe rebound.
line 12: Nor let the many stringed lute
line 13: Or pipe of may reeds be mute.
line 14: Let the cymbals sweetly ring.
line 15: All the powers of music bring;
line 16: And let every breathing thing
line 17: Praise the Lord.
line 18: Josiah Conder
line 19: This exquisite adaptation of the sacred poem
line 20: to musical composition, has been hitherto
line 21: strangely overlooked; owing partly to the underuse
line 22: of the Common Version. But Handel & Haydn are
line 23: no more.