Seraphic Song (Anton Rubinstein)

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• (Posted 2022-03-30)  CPDL #68626:   

Editor: Douglas Walczak (submitted 2022-03-30).   Score information: Letter, 22 pages, 251 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

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General Information

Title: Seraphic Song
Composer: Anton Rubinstein
Lyricist: Samuel Richards Gaines^{create page}
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SSAA
Genre: Sacred, Anthem

Language: English
Instruments: Keyboard

First published: 1926
Description: Based on Rève Angelique.

Original text and translations

English text

Holy, Holy, chant angels above,
Ah! 'tis to dream,
ever to dream;
Stars are shining as tokens of love,
Ah! to dream, ever to dream!
Tho' shadows gather and darksome the way,
There is a path which leads onward to day;
And on this path stands an Angel of Light,
Ah, so bright, our delight!
The voice of Love sings a sad, sweet song,
As tho' its world has been a world of wrong,
And struggling up thro' the shadows and sighs,
Finds a day-dawn of the happier skies!

Holy, Holy, chant angels above,
Ah! 'tis to dream, ever to dream;
Stars are shining as tokens of love,
Songs, full and glorious, are but the soul's release;
Love, so victorious, Finds its lasting peace.

Holy, Holy, chant angels above,
Triumphant songs, Triumphant Life,
Holy, Holy , chant angels above,
Triumphant Life and Love unending!
Tho' shadows gather and darksome the way,
There is a path which leads onward to day;
And on this path stands an Angel of Light!