Song to the Evening Star (John Pointer)
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- (Posted 2023-11-29) CPDL #77700:
- Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-11-29). Score information: Letter, 8 pages, 361 kB Copyright: Personal
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General Information
Title: Song to the Evening Star
Composer: John Pointer
Lyricist: Thomas Campbell (poet)
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1904 Novello and Co.
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Original text and translations
English text
Star that bringest home the bee,
And sett’st the weary labourer free!
If any star shed peace, ‘tis thou
That send’st it from above,
Appearing when Heaven’s breath and brow
Are sweet as hers we love.
Come to the luxuriant skies,
Whilst the landscape’s odours rise,
Whilst far-off lowing herds are heard
And songs when toil is done,
From cottages whose smoke unstirr’d
Curls yellow in the sun.
Star of love’s soft interviews,
Parted lovers on thee muse;
Their remembrancer in Heaven
Of thrilling vows thou art,
Too delicious to be riven
By absence from the heart.