Loose the sail, rest the oar (John Frederick Bridge)

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• (Posted 2023-09-27)  CPDL #75808:     

Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-09-27).   Score information: Letter, 4 pages, 332 kB   Copyright: Personal

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Title: Loose the sail, rest the oar
Composer: John Frederick Bridge
Lyricist: Charles Kingsley
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1873 Novello, Ewer, and Co.
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English text

A Boat-Song (from Hypatia)

Loose the sail, rest the oar, float away down,
Fleeting and gliding by tower and town.
Life is so short at best! snatch, while thou canst, thy rest,
Sleeping by me.