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As pants the hart for cooling streams
Staff Notation • Sacred, Hymns
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As pants the hart for cooling streams by Ozias Thurston Linley — Lyrics
In finem. Intellectus filiis Core.
Quemadmodum desiderat cervus ad fontes aquarum, ita desiderat anima mea ad te, Deus.
Sitivit anima mea ad Deum fortem, vivum; quando veniam et apparebo ante faciem Dei?
Fuerunt mihi lacrimae meae panis die ac nocte, dum dicitur mihi quotidie: Ubi est Deus tuus?
Haec recordatus sum, et effudi in me animam meam, quoniam transibo in locum tabernaculi admirabilis, usque ad domum Dei, in voce exsultationis et confessionis sonus epulantis.
Quare tristis es, anima mea? et quare conturbas me? Spera in Deo, quoniam adhuc confitebor illi, salutare vultus mei,
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About As pants the hart for cooling streams
The words express a deep spiritual longing, a soul thirsting for God like a deer panting for cool streams. This is the opening of Psalm 42, a text that speaks of tears as constant companions and the heart troubled by the question, "Where is thy God?" Yet, it concludes with a powerful affirmation of hope and trust, urging the soul to put its hope in God. Ozias Thurston Linley sets this profound text for SATB choir. The combination of Latin and English lyrics, and its classification as sacred music and a hymn, suggest a piece that moves from penitential reflection to confident praise.
