Requiem

Requiem

Composed & inscribed To the memory of ABRAHAM LINCOLN, THE CHAMPION OF UNIVERSAL LIBERTY BY M. KELLER.

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BOSTON

Published by Henry Tolman & Co. 291 Washington St.

Root & Cady, Chicago. W.A. Pond, N. York. E.W. Billings, Providence, R.I.

Entered according to act of Congress AD 1865 by H. Tolman & Co. in the Clerk's Office of the Dis' Court of Mass.

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REQUIEM. Music by M. KELLER.

Andante lamentoso.

SOP. Toll ye bells a solemn dirge, Earth shall join the sad refrain;

ALTO. Toll he bells a solemn dirge, Earth shall join the sad refrain;

TENOR. BASS. Toll ye bells a solemn dirge, Earth shall join the sad refrain;

PIANO.

And the sea's remotest surge, Moan for Freedom's champion slain.

And the sea's remotest surge, Moan for Freedom's champion slain.

And the sea's remotest surge, Moan for Freedom's champion slain.

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Veil thy radiance glowing sun; Moon and stars go out in gloom; Weep ye skies for hopes undone,

Veil thy radiance glowing sun; Moon and stars go out in gloom; Weep ye skies for hopes undone,

Veil thy radiance glowing sun; Moon and stars go out in gloom; Weep ye skies for hopes undone.

Weep a kingly patriot's doom. Banner worshiped by the brave Fairest ensign of the free,

Weep a kingly patriot's doom. Banner worshiped by the brave Fairest ensign of the free,

Weep a kingly patriot's doom. Banner worshiped by the brave. Fairest ensign of the free,

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With thy sable emblems wave, Drooping low and mournfully.

With thy sable emblems wave, Drooping low and mournfully.

With thy sable emblems wave, Drooping low and mournfully.

Oh, ye vales and verdant isles! How can beauty gild ye so? Why should ye be dress'd in smiles,

Oh, ye vales and verdant isles! How can beauty gild ye so? Why should ye be dress'd in smiles,

Oh, ye vales and verdant isles! How can beauty gild ye so? Why should ye be dress'd in smiles,

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When our human hearts o'erflow? Is it some celestial beam From the gates of Paradise?

When our human hearts o'erflow? Is it some celestial beam From the gates of Paradise?

When our human hearts o'erflow? Is it some celestial beam From the gates of Paradise?

Is it Heaven's refulgent gleam, Half revealed to mortal eyes?

Is it Heaven's refulgent gleam, Half revealed to mortal eyes?

Is it Heaven's refulgent gleam, Half revealed to mortal eyes?

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Chorus.

Wide unfold you scenes of light, Glorious realm, no pen can paint. Welcome him ye

Wide unfold your scenes of light, Glorious realm, no pen can paint. Welcome him ye

Wide unfold your scenes of light, Glorious realm, no pen can paint. Welcome him ye

throngs in white, Crown him Hero, Martyr, Saint. Crown him Hero, Martyr, Saint.

throngs in white, Crown him Hero, Martyr, Saint. Crown him Hero, Martyr, Saint.

throngs in white, Crown him Hero, Martyr, Saint. Crown him Hero, Martyr, Saint.

N.B. The lower notes in the Alto and Tenor are to be left out in a single Quartette.