Make Me to Know the Measure of My Days by ShawnKirchner

    ©2004byShawnKirchnerPublishing,licensedcopiesavailablethroughwww.ShawnKirchner.com Soprano Alto Tenor Bass Make p molto legato metoknowthemeasure-ofmydays,O Moderato q = 72 - 80 Oo pp pp Oo Oo pp Maker-ofmymortal-frame.Iwouldsurvey-life'sbriefand 4 (oo) (oo) (oo)           TextbasedonPsalm39 fromIsaacWatts' Psalms of David ,1719 MakeMetoKnowtheMeasureofMyDays SHAWNKIRCHNER forSATBChorus,acappella                                                                                                                     PERUSAL ONLY

    narrow-spaceandlearnhowfrailIam. 7 (oo) p And espressivo learnhow (oo) p Andlearnhow (oo)And p learnhow mp Thesmallest-spanisallthat 10 frail,howfrailIam.Thesmallest-span, frail,howfrailIam.Thesmallest-span,allthat frailIam.Thesmallest-span,thesmallest-span,                                                                                                                        2 PERUSAL ONLY

    wecanboast,none crescendo poco a poco butaninchortwoofallThytime.We mf arebut 13 allwecanboast,nonebutaninchofallThytime.We wecanboast,butaninchortwoofallThytime.We allwecanboast,nonebutaninchofallThytime. dust crescendo andfoolish-vani-ty-in f allourflow'rand 16 are mf butdustandvani-ty-inallourflow'rand are mf butdustandvani-tyinallourflow'rand We mf arebutdustandvani-ty-inallourflow'rand                                                                                                                                                          3 PERUSAL ONLY

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    move,asshadows-o'ertheplain. 24 shadows-o'erth'eter-nal-plain.See f howthey shadows,-mereshadows-o'erth'eter-nal-plain.How mp

agitato poco a poco

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poco a poco

They mf rage,strive,desire-andlove; 26 rage con passione andstrive,de molto crescendo sire-andlove,but ff desire-andlove,howtheyrageandstrive,desire-and desire-andlove,howtheyrageandstrive,desire-and                                                                                                                                                 5 PERUSAL ONLY

    all all ff their theirnoise noiseis isvain. vain. Poco allarg. Meno mosso, ad libitum 28 alltheirnoiseisvain.All f their love, f molto marcato butalltheirnoiseis ff vain.All f their love, f molto marcato butalltheirnoiseis ff vain.All f their diminuendo poco a poco Allnoiseis Rall. 31 noiseisvain,all mf theirnoiseisvain.All mp theirnoiseis noiseisvain,all mf theirnoiseisvain.All mp theirnoiseis noiseisvain,all mf theirnoiseisvain.All mp theirnoiseis                                       (topsopranosmayrejoin2nds, sneakingin)                                                                                                               6 PERUSAL ONLY

    vain.Make p metoknowthemeasure-ofmydays,O A tempo 35 vain. p nOo pp vain. p nOo pp vain. p nOo pp Maker-ofmymortal-frame.Iwouldsurvey-life'sbriefand 39 (oo) (oo) (oo)                                                                                                                                                                                  7 PERUSAL ONLY

    narrow-spaceandlearnhowfrailI 42 (oo) (oo) (oo) am, rit. al fine andlearnhowfrailIam. 44 (oo) rit. al fine (oo) rit. al fine (oo) rit. al fine                                                                                                 8 PERUSAL ONLY