Summer eve (John Liptrot Hatton)

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• (Posted 2022-01-20)  CPDL #67671:         

Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2022-01-20).   Score information: A4, 9 pages, 191 kB   Copyright: CPDL

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General Information

Title: Summer eve
Composer: John Liptrot Hatton
Lyricist: W. H. Godfrey
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: ATTB
Genre: Secular, Partsong

Language: English
Instruments: Piano

First published: 1878 The Orpheus no.16
Description: 

Original text and translations

English text

1  Like the blush on Beauty's cheek,
The departing god of day
Tips with rosy light the clouds,
As they slowly sail away.
From the ocean waves profound
Softly stealing thro' the grove,
Zephyr bears on downy wing
Choral hymns of joy and love.
Oh! what mystic spells you weave
Around the heart, fair summer eve.

2  Sweets from ev'ry closing flow'r
O'er the charmèd sense prevail,
And from yonder moonlit bow'r
Sings the lonely nightingale.
Thro' the vale the limpid rills,
As they wind their way along,
To the smiling stars above,
Chime their dreamy under-song.
Oh! what mystic spells you weave
Around the heart, fair summer eve.