The sea hath its pearls (Paul Ambrose)
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- Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-09-15). Score information: Letter, 8 pages, 411 kB Copyright: Personal
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General Information
Title: The Sea hath its Pearls
Composer: Paul Ambrose
Lyricist: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1896 Arthur P. Schmidt
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Original text and translations
English text
The sea hath its pearls,
The heaven hath its stars;
But my heart, my heart,
My heart hath its love.
Great are the sea and the heaven,
Yet greater is my heart;
And fairer than pearls and stars
Flashes and beams my love.
Thou little, youthful maiden,
Come unto my great heart;
My heart, and the sea, and the heaven
Are melting away with love!
Translation by Longfellow from the German of Heinrich Heine (1797–1856)