To the Spring Wind (Eduard Hecht)

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• (Posted 2023-10-26)  CPDL #76718:     

Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-10-26).   Score information: Letter, 8 pages, 595 kB   Copyright: Personal

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General Information

Title: To the Spring Wind
Composer: Eduard Hecht
Lyricist: Edwin Waugh
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1884 Novello, Ewer, and Co.
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Original text and translations

English text

I.
Sweet minstrel of the scented spring,
Ten thousand silver bells
To welcome thee, are all a-swing,
Upon the dewy fells;
To sing with thee, I should be fain,
Oh, harper blithe and free!
But love has bound me with a chain,
That wrings the heart of me.

II.
Oh, hasten to my love, and tell
Her how she makes me pine;
And ask her if she thinks it well
To slight a heart like mine;
For, if my suit her scorn doth move,
It shall no longer be;
Although I know she's made for love,
And I wish that she loved me.