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PASSIONTIDE

 
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(Alternative Version)
Harmonized by J. S. Bach.
In the 'Passion according to St. Matthew.'

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[This version may be used in connexion with the other, for verse 4, and must be sung by the Choir alone. This version should only be attempted by good choirs.]

4 In thy most bitter passion
My heart to share doth cry,
With thee for my salvation
Upon the Cross to die.
Ah, keep my heart thus movèd
To stand thy Cross beneath,
To mourn thee, well-belovèd,
Yet thank thee for thy death.

5. * My days are few, O fail not,
With thine immortal power,
To hold me that I quail not
In death’s most fearful hour:
That I may fight befriended,
And see in my last strife
To me thine arms extended
Upon the Cross of life.

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