The Sun is bright (James Coward)

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• (Posted 2023-10-06)  CPDL #76101:     

Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-10-06).   Score information: Letter, 8 pages, 551 kB   Copyright: Personal

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General Information

Title: The Sun is bright
Composer: James Coward
Lyricist: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1874 Stanley Lucas, Weber & Co.
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Original text and translations

English text

IT IS NOT ALWAYS MAY
No hay pajaros en los nidos de antano.
Spanish Proverb

The sun is bright,–the air is clear,
The darting swallows soar and sing.
And from the stately elms I hear
The bluebird prophesying Spring.
So blue yon winding river flows,
It seems an outlet from the sky,
Where waiting till the west-wind blows,
The freighted clouds at anchor lie.
All things are new;–the buds, the leaves,
That gild the elm-tree’s nodding crest,
And even the nest beneath the eaves;–
There are no birds in last year’s nest!
All things rejoice in youth and love,
The fulness of their first delight!
And learn from the soft heavens above
The melting tenderness of night.