Fading Nature (Stephen Jenks)
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- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2016-04-09). Score information: Unknown, 1 page, 54 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape). Version of 1818, with words by an anonymous author, one stanza.
- (Posted 2016-04-09) CPDL #39259: MusicXML
- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2016-04-09). Score information: 7 x 10 inches (landscape), 1 page, 70 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape). Version of 1807, with words by Anne Steele. All seven stanzas of Steele's poem included.
General Information
Title: Fading Nature
First Line: So fades the lovely, blooming flower (Steele)
First Line: Thousands of journeys, night and day (Anonymous)
Composer: Stephen Jenks
Lyricist: Anne Steele
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred Meter: 88. 88 (L.M.)
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
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Description: First published in The Hartford Collection, 1807, p. 44, with words by Anne Steele, 1760, in seven stanzas. Extensively revised by Jenks in 1818, with anonymous words.
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Original text and translations
English text To Amira, on the death of her child |
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New England doctor's gravestone |