by Edward Taylor (1646? - 1729)
God is gone up with a triumphant shout
Language: English
God is gone up with a triumphant shout: The Lord with sounding Trumpets' melodies: Sing Praise, sing Praise, sing Praise, sing Praises out, Unto our King sing praise seraphicwise! Lift up your Heads, ye lasting Doors, they sing, And let the King of Glory enter in. Methinks I see Heaven's sparkling courtiers fly, In flakes of Glory down him to attend, And hear Heart-cramping notes of Melody Surround his Chariot as it did ascend; Mixing their Music, making ev'ry string More to enravish as they this tune sing.
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Authorship:
- by Edward Taylor (1646? - 1729), "Meditation Twenty", appears in Sacramental Meditations [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Gerald Finzi (1901 - 1956), "God is gone up", op. 27 no. 2 (1951), published 1952 [SATB chorus, organ, and strings], anthem [text verified 1 time]
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