Christ Carrying the Cross (1490–91) by Sandro Botticelli
Genre
Hymn
Written
1707
Text
Isaac Watts
Based on
Galatians 6:14
Meter
8.8.8.8 (L.M.)
Melody
"Rockingham" arranged by Edward Miller, "Hamburg" by Lowell Mason, and others
The hymn "When I Survey the Wondrous Cross" was written by Isaac Watts, and published in Hymns and Spiritual Songs in 1707. It is significant for being an innovative departure from the early English hymn style of only using paraphrased biblical texts, although the first couplet of the second verse paraphrases Galatians 6:14a and the second couplet of the fourth verse paraphrases Gal. 6:14b. The poetry of "When I survey…" may be seen as English literary baroque.[1]
^D. Davie, "Baroque in the Hymn-Book" in D. Wood (ed) The Church and the Arts (Oxford, 1992), pp. 329–42.
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