% Version: 1.2 % Last edit: March 24, 2006 % The music and words produced by this source code are believed % to be in the public domain in the United States. The source % code itself is covered by the Creative Commons Attribution- % NonCommercial license, % http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/ % Attribution: Geoff Horton \version "2.8.0" \include "english.ly" #(set-default-paper-size "letter") #(set-global-staff-size 20) piece = "Eventide" title = "Abide With Me" composer = "William H. Monk" meter = "10.10.10.10" poet = "Henry Francis Lyte" arranger = "" world = { \key ef \major \time 4/4 } melody = \relative c'' { \world g2 g4 f | ef2 bf' | c4 bf bf af | g1 | g2 af4 bf | c2 bf | af4 f g a | bf1 | g2 g4 f | ef2 bf' | bf4 af af g | f1 | f2 g4 af | g f ef af | g2 f | ef1 \bar "|." } alto = \relative c' { \world ef2 d4 d | ef2 ef | ef4 d ef f | ef1 | ef2 ef4 ef | ef2 ef | ef4 f ef ef | d1 | ef2 d4 d | ef2 ef | ef4 ef e e | f1 | d2 ef4 d | ef d ef f | ef2 d | ef1 } tenor = \relative c' { \world bf2 bf4 af | g2 ef | ef4 bf' bf bf | bf1 | bf2 af4 g | af2 g | c4 bf bf ef, | f1 | g4( af) bf af | g2 ef'4( d) | c4 c c bf | af1 | bf2 bf4 bf | bf af g c | bf2. af4 | g1 } bass = \relative c { \world ef2 bf4 bf | c2 g | af4 bf c d | ef1 | ef4( d) c bf | af2 ef' | f4 d ef c | bf1 | ef2 bf4 bf | c2 g | af4. bf8 c4 c | f1 | af2 g4 f | ef bf c af | bf2 bf | ef1 } verseOne = \lyricmode { \set stanza = "1. " A -- bide with me: fast falls the e -- ven -- tide; The dark -- ness deep -- ens; Lord, with me a -- bide: When oth -- er help -- ers fail and com -- forts flee, Help of the help -- less, O a -- bide with me. } verseTwo = \lyricmode { \set stanza = "2. " Swift to its close ebbs out life's lit -- tle day, Earth's joys grow dim, its glo -- ries pass a -- way, Change and de -- cay in all a -- round I see; O thou who chang -- est not, a -- bide with me. } verseThree = \lyricmode { \set stanza = "3. " I need thy pres -- ence ev -- 'ry pass -- ing hour; What but thy grace can foil the temp -- ter's pow'r? Who, like thy -- self, my guide and stay can be? Through cloud and sun -- shine, Lord, a -- bide with me. } \markup { \column { \fill-line { \large \bold \title } % title \fill-line { \caps \piece % piece \caps \composer % composer } \fill-line { \meter % meter \arranger % arranger } } } \score { \context ChoirStaff << \context Staff = upper << \context Voice = sopranos { \voiceOne << \melody >> } \context Voice = altos { \voiceTwo << \alto >> } \context Lyrics = one \lyricsto sopranos \verseOne \context Lyrics = two \lyricsto sopranos \verseTwo \context Lyrics = three \lyricsto sopranos \verseThree >> \context Staff = men << \clef bass \context Voice = tenors { \voiceOne << \tenor >> } \context Voice = basses { \voiceTwo << \bass >> } >> >> \layout { \context { \Score % **** Turns off bar numbering \remove "Bar_number_engraver" } \context { \Lyrics % **** Prevents lyrics from running too close together \override LyricSpace #'minimum-distance = #0.6 % **** Makes the text of lyrics a little smaller \override LyricText #'font-size = #-1 % **** Moves lines of lyrics closer together \override VerticalAxisGroup #'minimum-Y-extent = #'(-1 . 1) } } } \markup { \small { \fill-line { \line { "4. " \column { "I fear no foe, with thee at hand to bless;" "Ills have no weight, and tears no bitterness." "Where is death's sting? where, grave, thy victory?" "I triumph still, if thou abide with me." } } % \hspace #3.0 \line { "5. " \column { "Hold thou thy cross before my closing eyes;" "Shine through the gloom, and point me to the skies;" "Heav'n's morning breaks, and earth's vain shadows flee:" "In life, in death, O Lord, abide with me." } } } } } \markup { \fill-line { " " \column { \small \caps \poet % poet } } } %{ Per _Hymnal 1940, 467 Change log: 3-24-06 moved to 2.8 and new formatting %}