The angels breathe on flowers (John Naylor)

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• (Posted 2023-11-21)  CPDL #77479:     

Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-11-21).   Score information: Letter, 4 pages, 292 kB   Copyright: Personal

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General Information

Title: The angels breathe on flowers
Composer: John Naylor
Lyricist: John Brown (lyricist)
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1870 Novello, Ewer, and Co.
Description: 

Original text and translations

English text

The angels breathe on flowers,
When soft winds gently play;
Their breathing come with twilight,
Not in the glare of day;
The Zephyrs, as they gambol,
O’er upland, moor, or vale,
Scatter the Angels’ breathings,
Each floweret to inhale.

The Angels breathe on flowers;
The flowers their joy express,
In bursting into beauty,
In looks of thankfulness.
How fondly should we prize them!
Their fragrant sweets are given
To win us to the Angels.