All the world is bright (Henry Edward Hodson)

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• (Posted 2023-10-29)  CPDL #76785:     

Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-10-29).   Score information: Letter, 8 pages, 333 kB   Copyright: Personal

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General Information

Title: All the world is bright
Composer: Henry Edward Hodson
Lyricist: Frank Dempster Sherman
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1901 Novello and Co.
Description: 

Original text and translations

English text

All the world is bright,
All my heart is merry,
Violets and roses red,
Sparkling in the dew.
Brow— the lily’s white;
Lip— the crimson berry;
Hark! I hear a lightsome tread,—
Ah! my love ’tis you!

Wing to me, birds, and sing to me;
None so happy as I!
Only the merriest melodies bring to me
When my beloved is nigh.°

All the air is sweet,
All my heart is quiet,
Fleecy clouds on breezes warm
Floating far above:
Eye— where soft lights meet;
Cheek— where roses riot;
Look, I see a gracious form,—
Ah! ’tis you my love!

Wing to her, birds, and sing to her;
None so happy as she!
Only the merriest melodies bring to her,—
Only this message from me!

as printed in The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine, volume 30 (1885)
° original poem is “by” rather than “nigh”