Gone for ever (Agnes Zimmermann)

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• (Posted 2023-12-19)  CPDL #78360:     

Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-12-19).   Score information: Letter, 8 pages, 768 kB   Copyright: Personal

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• (Posted 2019-07-03)  CPDL #54676:         

Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2019-07-03).   Score information: A4, 8 pages, 115 kB   Copyright: CPDL

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General Information

Title: Gone for ever
Composer: Agnes Zimmermann
Lyricist: Christina Rossetti

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong

Language: English
Instruments: a cappella or Keyboard

First published: 1871 in Novello's Part-Song Book (2nd series), Vol. 4, no. 120
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Original text and translations

English text

O happy rosebud blooming
Upon thy parent tree,
Nay, thou art too presuming
For soon the earth entombing
Thy faded charms shall be,
And the chill damp consuming.

O happy skylark springing
Up to the broad blue sky,
Too fearless in thy winging,
Too gladsome in thy singing,
Thou also soon shalt lie
Where no sweet notes are ringing.

And through life's shine and shower
We shall have joy and pain;
But in the summer bower,
And at the morning hour,
We still shall look in vain
For the same bird and flower.