A declaration (Nathan Brown Sprague)

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• (Posted 2023-12-11)  CPDL #78073:     

Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-12-11).   Score information: Letter, 4 pages, 441 kB   Copyright: Personal

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General Information

Title: A declaration
Composer: Nathan Brown Sprague
Lyricist: Bayard Taylor
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1896 J. Curwen & Sons
Description: 

Original text and translations

English text

The violet loves a sunny bank,
The cowslip loves the lea,
The scarlet creeper loves the elm,
But I love— thee.

The sunshine kisses mount and vale,
The stars they kiss the sea,
The west winds kiss the clover bloom,
But I kiss— thee.

The oriole weds his mottled mate,
The lily’s bride o’ the bee;
Heaven’s marriage ring is round the earth,—
Shall I wed thee?