O Lady, leave thy silken thread (Henry Jacobsen)
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- Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-11-02). Score information: Letter, 8 pages, 465 kB Copyright: Personal
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Title: O Lady, leave thy silken thread
Composer: Henry Jacobsen
Lyricist: Thomas Hood
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB, S obbligato
Genre: Secular, Partsong
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1916 Arthur P. Schmidt
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Original text and translations
English text
O Lady, leave thy silken thread
And flowery tapestrie:
There’s living roses on the bush,
And blossoms on the tree;
Stoop where thou wilt, thy careless hand
Some random bud will meet;
Thou canst not tread, but thou wilt find
The daisy at thy feet.
’Tis like the birthday of the world,
When earth was born in bloom;
The light is made of many dyes,
The air is all perfume;
There’s crimson buds, and white and blue—
The very rainbow showers
Have turn’d to blossoms where they fell,
And sown the earth with flowers.
There’s fairy tulips in the east,
The garden of the sun;
The very streams reflect the hues,
And blossom as they run:
While Morning opes like a crimson rose,
Still wet with pearly showers;
Then, Lady, leave thy silken thread
Thou twinest into flowers!