I heard the bells in distant greeting (Luther Orlando Emerson)

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• (Posted 2024-03-05)  CPDL #79381:     

Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2024-03-05).   Score information: Letter, 8 pages, 359 kB   Copyright: Personal

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Title: I heard the bells in distant greeting
Composer: Luther Orlando Emerson
Lyricist: Andrew J. Foxwell
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1899 Chicago Music Co.
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Original text and translations

English text

I heard the bells in distant greeting,
With whisper sweet a louder song,
Now far in mingled waves retreating,
Now pouring tides of sound along.

Then through the air came sounds of sadness,
Shivering amid the joy on high,
Thus dwells in love’s pervading gladness
The secret sigh.

I heard the nightingale complaining,
With soft lament and tender moan,
Till, thrilling power and richness gaining,
The music rose to rapture’s throne.

So love may hear a strain of sorrow
Circling within the heart’s abyss,
Yet all will vibrate on the morrow
In surging bliss.