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Consider the Lilies: An Appalachian Requiem

For SATB choir, Soprano solo, and Chamber orchestra

VII. A Comfort

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Text:

I am the Rose of Sharon - Lily of the Valley. Like a lily among the thorns, so is my beloved among the daughters.

Set me as a seal upon your heart, as a seal upon your arm. For love is strong as death! Many waters cannot quench love, neither can floods drown it.

I am my beloved’s and my beloved is mine; He dwells among the lilies.

"Make haste. Arise! Make haste! Arise! Make haste, my darling, my beautiful one! Make haste, and come! ARISE!"

Timothy Michael Powell for my wife Jen, and my sons Danny and Patrick Composed in memory of my daugher, Cecilia Kathryn "Lily Kate" Powell August 30, 2007 - August 17, 2017

*Notes which are reduced in size are orchestral cues, and are for rehearsal purposes only, unless the piece is performed as a "stand alone" with keyboard only.

*If performing as a stand-alone movement, m. 75 is the final measure. If part of the full Requiem, skip m. 75 and elide/segue with m. 1 of mvmnt. 8.

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