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for Tim and Ann on the occasion of their marriage at Holy Trinity, Forest Row on 10 September 2005

O voice of the beloved!

Words: Jackson Mason (183389)
based on Song of Solomon 2: 1013; 8: 67 Music: Grayston Ives

With flowing movement SOPRANOS (a few voices) mp

SOPRANO
ALTO
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TENOR
BASS
With flowing movement



ORGAN

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Man.
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Tutti

lov

voice of the be ed! Thy bride hath heard thee say, Rise

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10

a rise a way.




up, my love, my fair one, and come







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(Man.)

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14

SOPRANOS (tutti)

For

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18

ter

lo, tis past, the win ter, the win of thy year; the

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rain is past and o ver,
the flowers on earth ap pear.

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q. = h even and measured

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q. = h even and measured

mp molto legato

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mp molto legato



And now the time of sing ing is come for ev ry

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and o ver all the coun try the tur tle dove is

bird, (d)

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heard. (d) The fig her green fruit





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Solo

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ri (m) a rise

pens, the
vines are in their
bloom;
and smell their





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add

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grance; my love, my fair one,


fra

come!






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h = q.


mp mf



Man.

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50 poco rit. e = e a tempo

poco rit. e = e a tempo

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UNISON


Our Eas ter Sun is ri sen! And yet we slum ber
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UNISON

Our Eas ter Sun is ri sen! We

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need thy Doves sweet plead ing wa ken prayer

long, and
to
and

slum ber long, and







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song.

Oh

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ness,
Man.

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f

dead
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breathe up on
our

dead ness, Oh

shine up on our





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Solo

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pre sence

70

gloom; Lord, let us feel thy pre






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expansive and intense


ff live, and rise and
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- sence and rise and rise and live








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expansive and intense

ff

reeds on

Man.

poco rit. a tempo

live and bloom.
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and
bloom.


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poco rit. a tempo

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reeds off

Man.

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