The silent tide (Ciro Pinsuti)
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- Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-11-28). Score information: Letter, 8 pages, 468 kB Copyright: Personal
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- Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2020-04-24). Score information: A4, 6 pages, 107 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Includes a keyboard reduction of the a cappella choral score.
General Information
Title: The silent tide
Composer: Ciro Pinsuti
Lyricist: Mary Mark-Lemon
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1883 in Novello's Part-Song Book (2nd series), Vol. 16, no. 461
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Original text and translations
English text
1 Flow to the west, O silent tide,
The sunset land is there;
Its golden shores are tinged with light,
In radiance past compare.
And when thy waters reach the west,
Lay down my burthened heart to rest.
2 Flow to the west, O silent tide,
The land of flowers is there;
And in their midst my darling moves
Among their fragrance rare.
And when thy waters reach her side,
Oh, speak of me, thou silent tide.
3 Flow to the west, O silent tide,
The land of love is there;
And on its shores my darling dwells,
Among the angels fair.
And when thy waters reach her home,
Oh, speak of me until I come.