Eternity L.M.
By Steve Brett
- Key
- B♭ major
- Type
- Plain tune
- Time signature
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3
4 - Composed
- 2017
- Text
- Anne Steele, 1760
Listen to recordings
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House singing - 1 Mar 2017
Tenor – Aldo Ceresa, Kate Kirwan; Bass – Matthew Parkinson, Barry Parsons; Treble – Steve Brett; Alto – Leilai Immel
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Bristol Composium - 12 May 2017
Bristol Composium – 12 May 2017
Text
Eternity is just at hand;
And shall I waste my ebbing sand?
And careless view departing day,
And throw my inch of time away.
Eternity, tremendous sound!
To guilty souls, a dreadful wound;
But oh, if Christ and heav'n be mine,
How sweet the accents! How divine!