April (Henry Ernest Nichol)

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• (Posted 2023-11-21)  CPDL #77514:     

Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-11-21).   Score information: Letter, 8 pages, 406 kB   Copyright: Personal

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Title: April
Composer: Henry Ernest Nichol
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1889 J. Curwen & Sons
Description: 

Original text and translations

English text

She comes to us a maiden
With half-averted face.
Her hands with buds are laden,
Her form is full of grace;
So tender, shy, capricious,
So dewy, sweet, and fair,
Our April is delicious
Whatever guise she wear.

She loves to hide her blushes
Behind a veil of shower,
But soon her weeping hushes,
Grown happy in an hour;
She pours a tide of splendour,
O’er all the waiting earth,
Our April sad and tender,
Or gay and full of mirth.

We cannot choose but love her,
A maid, and still a child;
The stars are bright above her,
The very winds are mild.
She sets our feet to dancing,
She stirs our hearts to praise,
Our darling April, glancing
Along the golden days.