7128 Sung Text - Harmonia Mundi

20. SchenectadyNehemiah Shumway (1761–1843)Text: Isaac Watts (1674–1748)Source: William Little and William Smith,The Easy Instructor (Albany, 2nd edition, 1805)From all that dwell below the skies,Let the Creator’s praise arise;Let the Redeemer’s name be sung,Thro’ ev’ry land, by ev’ry tongue.Eternal are Thy mercies, Lord,Eternal truth attends Thy Word;Thy praise shall sound from shore to shore,Till suns shall rise and set no more.21. GreenwichDaniel Read (1757–1836)Text: Psalm 73, Isaac Watts, Psalms (1719)Source: The Columbian Harmonist (New Haven, 1797)Lord, what a thoughtless wretch was I,To mourn, and murmur, and repine,To see the wicked plac’d on high,In pride, and robes of honor shine!But O their end, their dreadful end!Thy sanctuary taught me so:On slipp’ry rocks I see them stand,And fiery billows roll below!23. Evening HymnElisha West (1756–after 1808)Text: John Leland (1754–1841)Source: The Musical Concert (Northhampton, 1802)The day is past and gone;The evening shades appear:O may we all remember wellThe night of death draws near.We lay our garments by,Upon our beds to rest;So death will soon disrobe us allOf what we here possess.And when we early riseAnd view th’unwearied sun,May we set out to win the prizeAnd after glory run.And when our days are pastAnd we from time remove,O may we in thy bosom rest,The bosom of thy love.Now let them boast how tall they rise,I’ll never envy them again:There they may stand with haughty eyes.’Till they plunge deep in endless pain.Their fancy’d joys, how fast they flee!Just like a dream when man awakes;Their songs of softest harmonyAre but a preface to their plagues.22. DecayStephen Jenks (1772–1856)Text: Psalm 103, Isaac Watts, Psalms (1719)Source: The Delights of Harmony (Dedham, 1805)My days are as the grass,Or like the morning flow’r;If one sharp blast sweeps o’er the field,It withers in an hour.