The lover’s plaint (Frederick Corder)

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• (Posted 2024-03-17)  CPDL #79579:     

Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2024-03-17).   Score information: Letter, 12 pages, 650 kB   Copyright: Personal

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Title: The lover’s plaint
Composer: Frederick Corder
Lyricist: George Digby
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1888 Novello, Ewer and Co.
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Original text and translations

English text

See, oh see, how every tree,
     How every bower, every flower
     A new life gives to others’ joys!
Whilst that I grief-stricken lie,
     Nor can meet with any sweet
     But what faster mine destroys.
What are all the senses’ pleasures
     When the mind has lost all measures?

Hear, oh hear, how sweet and clear,
     The nightingale and waters’ fall
     In concert join for others’ ears.
Whilst to me for harmony,
     Every air echoes despair,
     And every drop provokes a tear.
What are all the senses’ pleasures
     When the mind has lost all measures?