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Please note that this text is © University of Sydney Library and is not to be used for commercial purposes without permission | |||
https://sydneyuniversitypress.com.au/pages/contact-us | |||
O HEART of Spring! <br> | |||
Spirit of light and love and joyous day <br> | |||
So soon to faint beneath the fiery Summer: <br> | |||
Still smiles the Earth, eager for thee alway: <br> | |||
Welcome art thou, so ever short thy stay, <br> | |||
Thou bold, thou blithe newcomer! <br> | |||
Whither, oh whither this thy journeying, <br> | |||
O Heart of Spring! | |||
O Heart of Spring! <br> | |||
After the stormy days of Winter's reign <br> | |||
When the keen winds their last lament are sighing <br> | |||
The Sun shall raise thee up to life again: <br> | |||
In thy dim death thou shalt not suffer pain: <br> | |||
Surely thou dost not fear this quiet dying? <br> | |||
Whither, oh whither blithely journeying, <br> | |||
O Heart of Spring! | |||
O Heart of Spring! <br> | |||
Youth's emblem, ancient as unchanging light, <br> | |||
Uncomprehended, unconsumed, still burning: <br> | |||
Oh that we could, as thee, rise from the night <br> | |||
To find a world of blossoms lilac-white <br> | |||
And long-winged swallows unafraid returning... <br> | |||
Whither, oh whither this thy journeying, <br> | |||
O Heart of Spring! | |||
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- (Posted 2020-01-16) CPDL #56655: O_Heart_of_Spring.ly
- Editor: Mark Chapman (submitted 2020-01-16). Score information: A4, 15 pages, 1.46 MB Copyright: CC BY NC
- Edition notes: The music may be freely performed etc. but the poem is copyright University of Sydney (Australia). When I spoke to them about it, they seemed pretty relaxed about non-commercial use.
General Information
Title: Heart of Spring
Composer: Mark Chapman
Lyricist: John Shaw Neilson (1872–1942)create page
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
First published: Never published
Description: This poem by an Australian author was set during a period where the composer made a point of seeking out poetry from his native country. It's a fairly old-fashioned poem, even for the period it was written, so the Stanford-like musical language used seemed appropriate. Choirs are invited to perform it with or without piano accompaniment.
External websites:
Original text and translations
Please note that this text is © University of Sydney Library and is not to be used for commercial purposes without permission https://sydneyuniversitypress.com.au/pages/contact-us
O HEART of Spring!
Spirit of light and love and joyous day
So soon to faint beneath the fiery Summer:
Still smiles the Earth, eager for thee alway:
Welcome art thou, so ever short thy stay,
Thou bold, thou blithe newcomer!
Whither, oh whither this thy journeying,
O Heart of Spring!
O Heart of Spring!
After the stormy days of Winter's reign
When the keen winds their last lament are sighing
The Sun shall raise thee up to life again:
In thy dim death thou shalt not suffer pain:
Surely thou dost not fear this quiet dying?
Whither, oh whither blithely journeying,
O Heart of Spring!
O Heart of Spring!
Youth's emblem, ancient as unchanging light,
Uncomprehended, unconsumed, still burning:
Oh that we could, as thee, rise from the night
To find a world of blossoms lilac-white
And long-winged swallows unafraid returning...
Whither, oh whither this thy journeying,
O Heart of Spring!