This world is all a fleeting show (Simon W. Waley)

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• (Posted 2023-12-14)  CPDL #78228:     

Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-12-14).   Score information: Letter, 8 pages, 506 kB   Copyright: Personal

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Title: This world is all a fleeting show
Composer: Simon W. Waley
Lyricist: Thomas Moore
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1867 Novello, Ewer, and Co.
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Original text and translations

English text

This world is all a fleeting show,
For man’s illusion given;
The smiles of Joy, the tears of Woe,
Deceitful shine, deceitful flow—
There’s nothing true, but Heaven!

And false the light on Glory’s plume,
As fading hues of Even;
And Love and Hope, and Beauty’s bloom,
Are blossoms gather’d for the tomb—
There’s nothing bright, but Heaven!

Poor wand’rers of a stormy day!
From wave to wave we’re driven,
And Fancy’s flash, and Reason’s ray,
Serve but to light the troubled way—
There’s nothing calm, but Heaven!