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Immortal Love (John Greenleaf Whittier)
SATB a cappella - SEA-017-00 - $1.00/copy2 minutes - E
"I really appreciate the elegance of your lines, the subtle, unexpected harmonic turns and generally how you achieve freshness within a well-known language." -Simon Andrews, Director of Music, First Presbyterian on Orange Street (Lancaster PA)
A contemplative setting of a poem by John Greenleaf Whittier, appropriate for worship or concert settings, with a plaintive melody, compelling inner voices, and modal harmony reminiscent of early American hymns.
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(MP3, .6 MB, sung by Sherwood High School Choir, Sandy Spring, MD ~ Bill Evans , conductor)
(MP3, .6 MB, sung by Sherwood High School Choir, Sandy Spring, MD ~ Bill Evans , conductor)
Immortal Love
Immortal love, forever full, forever flowing free.
Forever shared, forever whole, a never-ending sea.
Our outward lips confess the name all other names above,
but love alone knows whence it came and comprehendeth love.
Blow winds of love, awake and blow the mists of hate away,
Sing out, O Truth divine, and tell how wide and far we stray.
The letter fails, the systems fall, and every symbol wanes;
The Spirit overseeing all, Eternal Love, remains.
Immortal love, forever full, forever flowing free.
Forever shared, forever whole, a never-ending sea.
Our outward lips confess the name all other names above,
but love alone knows whence it came and comprehendeth love.
Blow winds of love, awake and blow the mists of hate away,
Sing out, O Truth divine, and tell how wide and far we stray.
The letter fails, the systems fall, and every symbol wanes;
The Spirit overseeing all, Eternal Love, remains.
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