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The Lord shall raise me up

Scoring: AATTBB (a cappella)
Written: London, UK - August 2013
Duration: 0'00
Publisher: unpublished
Cost: N/A

Jim became aware of this wonderful Raleigh text when he heard Bob Chilcott's setting, written for the King's Singers. Somewhere in the recesses of his brain, it germinated, and this piece sprang into being one humid evening in 2013.

The conclusion - Sir Walter Raleigh (1552-1618)

Even such is time, which takes in trust 
Our youth, our joys, and all we have, 
And pays us but with age and dust.
Who in the dark and silent grave,
When we have wandered all our ways,
Shuts up the story of our days;
And from which earth, and grave, and dust 
The Lord will raise me up, I trust. 
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