Hark! She bids all her friends adieu (Oliver Holden)

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Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-11-12).   Score information: Letter, 1 page, 89 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Oval note edition. As written in 1797.

General Information

Title: Hark! She bids all her friends adieu
Subtitle: Dirge, Composed on the death of a young lady in Boston
Composer: Oliver Holden
Lyricist: Anonymous

Number of voices: 3vv   Voicing: STB

Genre: Sacred, Anthem   Meter: 88. 88. 88. 88. 88. 88

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

Published: 1797

Description: Published in The Worcester Collection, Sixth Edition, 1797, pp. 137-139, for three voices: Treble-Tenor-Bass. Words by unknown author(s): "Words selected."

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English text

Hark! She bids all her friends adieu,
Some angel calls her to the spheres;
Our eyes the radiant saint pursue
Through liquid telescopes of tears.

And is the lovely, lovely shadow fled?
The blooming wonders of her years
So soon enshrined among the dead:
She justly claims our pious tears.

Farewell, bright soul, A short farewell
Till we shall meet again above,
In the sweet groves where pleasures dwell,
And trees of life bear fruits of love.