No. 118
[PILGRIM’S TRIUMPH], OL 61

Heptatonic ionian, mode 3 A + b (I II III IV V VI VII)

To see a pilgrim as he dies,

With glory in his view;

To heav’n he lifts his longing eyes

And bids the world adieu.

While friends are weeping all around,

And loth to let him go,

He shouts with his expiring breath,