The Eternal One (Ralph Waldo Emerson, distilled from "The Oversoul")
voice and piano
low voice (a-c#")- SEA-093-00 NEW FOR 2010!
medium voice (c'-e") - SEA-093-01 NEW FOR 2010!
high voice (e'-g") - SEA-093-02 NEW FOR 2010!
4 minutes - $5.00/copy
Ralph Waldo Emerson's seminal essay, "The Oversoul," extols a supreme being endowed with infinite benevolence, beauty, omnipresence, and, above all, unity with all beings. The lyric of this warm and tender ballad is comprised of some of the most poetic images from this essay, creating a portrait of God that is both powerful and intimate.
The Eternal One (low voice) - ScoreThe Eternal One (medium voice) - Score
The Eternal One is also a movement from Go Out! - A Musical Celebration of Liberal Religion and Freedom of Thought
The Over-soul
It comes to the lowly,
It comes to the simple,
It comes to whomever will put off what is foreign or proud.
It comes as insight,
It comes as serenity,
It comes as grandeur.
Within us the soul of the whole,
Within us the wise silence,
Within us the universal beauty
To which every part and particle is equally related:
The Eternal ONE.
When it breathes through our intellect, it is genius.
When it breathes through our will, it is virtue.
When it flows through our affection, it is love.
Forever and ever, forever and ever,
There is no ceiling between our heads and the infinite heavens.
Within us the soul of the whole,
Within us the wise silence,
Within us the universal beauty:
The Eternal ONE.
Adapted lyric copyright © 2010 by Elizabeth Alexander. All rights reserved.
It comes to the lowly,
It comes to the simple,
It comes to whomever will put off what is foreign or proud.
It comes as insight,
It comes as serenity,
It comes as grandeur.
Within us the soul of the whole,
Within us the wise silence,
Within us the universal beauty
To which every part and particle is equally related:
The Eternal ONE.
When it breathes through our intellect, it is genius.
When it breathes through our will, it is virtue.
When it flows through our affection, it is love.
Forever and ever, forever and ever,
There is no ceiling between our heads and the infinite heavens.
Within us the soul of the whole,
Within us the wise silence,
Within us the universal beauty:
The Eternal ONE.
Adapted lyric copyright © 2010 by Elizabeth Alexander. All rights reserved.
The Eternal One - low voice - Score
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The Eternal One - medium voice - Score
Scorch was designed by the folks who built Sibelius notation software, as a simple way to allow Sibelius scores to become webpages. Despite its slightly ominous name, Scorch is free, is not excessively large, and does not do anything demonic. - E.A.
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