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SWEET
SOLITUDE.
L.
M.
"The
wilderness
and
the
solitary
places
shall
be
glad
for
them
:
and
the
desert
shall
rejoice,
and
blossom
as
the
rose."-ISA.
35:
1.
Key
of
A
Major.
Alto
by
S.
M.
DENSON,
1911.
1.
Hail,
sol
-
i
-
tude,
thou
gen
-
tle
queen,
Of
mod
-
est
air
and
brow
se
-
rene!
'Tis
thou
in
-
spires
the
po
-et's
theme,
Wrapped
2.
With
thee
the
charms
of
life
shall
last,
E'en
when
the
ro
-
sy
bloom
is
past,
When
slow
-
ly
pac
-
ing
time
shall
spread
Thy
in
sweet
vis
-
ion's
air
-
y
dream,
Wrapped
in
sweet
vision's
air
-
y
dream,
Wrapped
in
sweet
vis-ion's
air-y
dream.
air - y
dream.
sil
- ver
blos-som
o'er
my
head.
No
more
with
this
vain
world per-plexed,
Thou
shalt
pre
-
pare
me
for
the
next.
for
the
next.
Little
is
known
of
"Sweet
Solitude."
So
far
as
we
have
been
able
to
find,
it
was
first
published
in
the
"Southern
Harmony,"
1835,
by
William
Walker.
See
page
155.
No
book,
so
far
as
we
can
find,
gives
the
author
of
the
words
or
music.
The
tune
no
doubt
is
of
much
older
date
than
1835.
It
has
been
published
in
all
of
the
different
revisions
of
the
"Sacred
Harp"
from
1844
to
1869
practically
as
it
is
in
this
volume,
except
alto
has
been
added
by
S.
M.
Denson,
1911.