by William Leighton, Sir (c1565 - 1622)

Come help O God
Language: English 
Come help O God,
for Christs sweet bloudy sweat,
I seek thy love & fear thy rod,
for mercy I intreat,
My griefes remedilesse,
if mercy mercilesse.

Text Authorship:

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by William Byrd (1542?3? - 1623), "Come help O God", published 1614 [SSATB chorus a cappella], in the collection The teares or lamentacions of a sorrowfull soule, in Songs of 5 Parts [
     text verified 1 time
    ]

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This text was added to the website: 2009-08-12
Line count: 6
Word count: 28