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Admiration
Staff Notation • Sacred
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2 editions of this piece
Different typesettings and voicings of the same work. This page shows the main edition; the others are below.
SATB · Barry Johnston
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Admiration by Lemuel Babcock — Lyrics
1. Come, let me love: or is my mind
Hardened to stone, or froze to ice?
I see the blessed fair one bend
And stoop, to embrace me from the skies!
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About Admiration
Lemuel Babcock’s SATB anthem, Admiration, sets a devotional English text that expresses astonishment and rapture at divine love. The words speak of a mind hardened and frozen, only to be melted by the thought of the "blessed fair one" bending from the skies to embrace the singer. The text ponders with wonder that such heavenly lips and looks would desire a mortal love. Babcock’s setting aims to convey the profound emotion and awe inspired by this contemplation of divine affection and grace.
