The marshes of Glynn (Theodore Stearns)

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• (Posted 2023-12-12)  CPDL #78093:     

Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-12-12).   Score information: Letter, 8 pages, 502 kB   Copyright: Personal

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Title: The marshes of Glynn
Composer: Theodore Stearns
Lyricist: Sidney Lanier
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1905 Rand, McNally & Company
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Original text and translations

English text

As the marsh-hen secretly builds on the watery sod,
Behold I will build me a nest on the greatness of God:
I will fly in the greatness of God as the marsh-hen flies
In the freedom that fills all the space ’twixt the marsh and the skies:
By so many roots as the marsh-grass sends in the sod
I will heartily lay me a-hold on the greatness of God:
Oh, like to the greatness of God is the greatness within
The range of the marshes, the liberal marshes of Glynn.