Mil Línguas Eu Quiser Ter

Author: Charles Wesley

Charles Wesley, M.A. was the great hymn-writer of the Wesley family, perhaps, taking quantity and quality into consideration, the great hymn-writer of all ages. Charles Wesley was the youngest son and 18th child of Samuel and Susanna Wesley, and was born at Epworth Rectory, Dec. 18, 1707. In 1716 he went to Westminster School, being provided with a home and board by his elder brother Samuel, then usher at the school, until 1721, when he was elected King's Scholar, and as such received his board and education free. In 1726 Charles Wesley was elected to a Westminster studentship at Christ Church, Oxford, where he took his degree in 1729, and became a college tutor. In the early part of the same year his religious impressions were much deepene… Go to person page >

Translator: Robert Hawkey Moreton

Robert Hawkey Moreton was born in Argentina (1844-1917) and was instrumental in the founding of the Methodist Church (Mirante Chapel) in Oporto, Portugal. Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: Mil línguas eu quisera ter (Moreton)
Title: Mil Línguas Eu Quiser Ter
English Title: O For a Thousand Tongues to Sing
Author: Charles Wesley (1739)
Translator: Robert Hawkey Moreton (1914)
Meter: 8.6.8.6
Language: Portuguese
Copyright: Public Domain

Tune

AZMON

Lowell Mason (PHH 96) adapted AZMON from a melody composed by Carl G. Gläser in 1828. Mason published a duple-meter version in his Modern Psalmist (1839) but changed it to triple meter in his later publications. Mason used (often obscure) biblical names for his tune titles; Azmon, a city south of C…

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