I Beheld Her, Beautiful as a Dove

Willan, Healey (1880–1968)

Voicing:
Mixed Choir → SATB

Accompaniment:
Unaccompanied

Occasion:
Proper of Time → Christmas Season → The Solemnity of Mary, The Holy Mother of God
Proper of Saints → The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (August 15)
Proper of Saints → The Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary (December 8)
Proper of Saints → Our Lady of Guadalupe (December 12)
Commons → Common of the Blessed Virgin Mary → In Ordinary Time
Commons → Common of the Blessed Virgin Mary → In Advent
Commons → Common of the Blessed Virgin Mary → In Christmas Time
Commons → Common of the Blessed Virgin Mary → In Easter Time

Publication Information:
Oxford University Press — 94.315 (1928)
ISBN 0 19 385183 0

Text Information:
Reference: From “Responsories from an Office of Our Lady”

Duration: 2:00
Lyrics:

I beheld her, beautiful as a dove, 
rising above the waterbrooks;
and her raiment was filled 
with perfume beyond all price.
Even as the springtime was she girded 
with rosebuds and lilies of the valley.
Who is this that cometh up from the desert 
like a wreath of sweet smoke 
arising from frankincense and myrrh?
Even as the springtime was she girded 
with rosebuds and lilies of the valley.

Submitted by: Brian Luckner Added: May 20, 2022 Last updated: May 20, 2022