Tears (John Liptrot Hatton)

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• (Posted 2023-10-26)  CPDL #76691:     

Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-10-26).   Score information: Letter, 8 pages, 359 kB   Copyright: Personal

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General Information

Title: Tears
Composer: John Liptrot Hatton
Lyricist: Beatrice Abercrombie
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Partsong

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: ca. 1881 Ashdown & Parry
Description: Sacred Partsong for Mixed Voices

Original text and translations

English text

If tears into each life must fall,
Oh! that our tears may be
As summer rain that gently drops
On field, and flower, and tree;
Helping the tender bud to ope,
Freshening the drooping flower,
Filling the ears with precious grain
Before the harvest hour.

So may our tears their work fulfill,
And in these hearts of ours
The tardy buds of grace unfold,
Revive its drooping flowers.
And when the angels come, at last,
To reap the ripened field,
May each life, as the watered ground,
A fruitful harvest yield.