The Waiting Soul
| Song Title | The Waiting Soul (Search) |
| Composer(s): | Charles Ives |
| Author(s): | William Cowper |
| Keyword(s) & Features: | Asking; Assistance; Blowing; Breathing; Cheer; Cold; Comfort; Confirming; Dear; Delivering; Distance; Divine; Fainting; Faith; Feeble; Gentle; Goals; God; Hearts; Help; Hope; Humble; Knees; Life; Love; North; Pity; Prayers; Praying; Reaching; Religion; Relying; Requests; Sickness; Souls; South; Spices; Treasures; Waiting; Weakness; Words; Yielding |
| First Line | Breathe from the gentle south (Search) |
| Average Duration | 2:30 (Search) |
| Year of composition | 1908 (Search) |
| Link to English Text Online | http://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=4092 |
| Musical Form | Through-composed (Search) |
| Author's associated movements or -isms or Groups | Pre-romanticism (Search) |
| Original Language | English (Search) |
| Audio Source | https://open.spotify.com/track/24MRLwCNVn6UvtI5mqVjPf |
| Catalog Designation | S. 382 (Search) |
| Voice part suggested by composer | Medium/Low voice |
| Range: | B3 - E5 (Search) |
| Original Key | E Major (Search) |
| Notes | Poet listed as John Newton in Crawford and Wierzbicki, Music in the United States of America, vol. 12, Middleton, WI: A-R Editions, American Musicological Society, 2004, p. 117. Other sources attribute the hymn to Cowper. (Search) |
| Contributor | AL (Search) |