Unaccompanied Chorus, setting text of Christina Rossetti. Score available at www.forrestpierce.com.

Short is time, and only time is bleak;
Gauge the exceeding height thou hast to climb:
Long eternity is nigh to seek:
Short is time.
Time is shortening with the wintry rime:
Pray and watch and pray, girt up and meek;
Praying, watching, praying, chime by chime.
Pray by silence if thou canst not speak:
Time is shortening; pray on till the prime:
Time is shortening; soul, fulfil thy week:
Short is time.

Short Is Time, for SATB chorus

From the Song of Solomon (Song of Songs), 2:14.

English translation (NRSV):

O my dove, in the clefts of the rock,
    in the covert of the cliff,
let me see your face,
    let me hear your voice;
for your voice is sweet,
    and your face is lovely.

Short Is Time, for SATB chorus

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