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Play “Awake, my soul, lift up thine eyes”

Free same-meter accompaniment for Awake, my soul, lift up thine eyes (Anna L. Barbauld): organ, piano or guitar playing the tune OLD 100TH (Louis Bourgeois) in four-part harmony, 5 verses, with the words on screen. Choose the key and speed, add an introduction, project the words on a TV, or practice your own choir part. Made for churches and home groups without a musician.

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  1. 1Awake, my soul! lift up thine eyes;
  2. See where thy foes against thee rise,
  3. In long array, a numerous host;
  4. Awake, my soul! or thou art lost.
  5. 2See where rebellious passions rage,
  6. And fierce desires and lusts engage;
  7. The meanest foe of all the train
  8. Has thousands and ten thousands slain.
  9. 3Thou treadest on enchanted ground;
  10. Perils and snares beset thee round;
  11. Beware of all, guard every part
  12. But most the traitor in thy heart.
  13. 4The terror and the charm repel,
  14. The powers of earth, and powers of hell;
  15. The Man of Calvary triumphed here;
  16. Why should his faithful followers fear?
  17. 5Come then, my soul! now learn to wield
  18. The weight of thine immortal shield;
  19. Put on the armor, from above,
  20. Of heavenly truth and heavenly love.

About this music

OLD 100TH — Louis Bourgeois. Setting: Sternhold and Hopkins' Psalter, 1561.. The score is from the Open Hymnal Project, copied from ccel from Sternhold and Hopkins' Psalter 1561. Words: "Hymnal and Canticles of the Protestant Episcopal Church", 1875, hymn 405.; music and setting are in the public domain. The words above are from the hymnal cited on the Awake, my soul, lift up thine eyes page.

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