Oh say not that my heart is cold (Henry Thomas Smart)
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- Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2019-10-21). Score information: A4, 4 pages, 87 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Transposed down a semitone to C major. Includes a keyboard reduction of the a cappella choral score.
- Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2019-10-21). Score information: A4, 5 pages, 88 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: At original pitch. Includes a keyboard reduction of the a cappella choral score.
General Information
Title: Oh say not that my heart is cold
Composer: Henry Thomas Smart
Lyricist: Charles Wolfe
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
, with minor Bass divisi.
Genre: Secular, Partsong
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1875 in Novello's Part-Song Book (2nd series), Vol. 8, no. 249
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Original text and translations
English text
1 Oh say not that my heart is cold
To aught that once could warm it,
That Nature's form, so dear of old,
No more hath power to charm it,
Or that the selfish world can chill
One glow of fond emotion,
For those who made it dearer still,
And shared my wild devotion.
2 Still oft those solemn scenes I view
In wrapt and dreamy sadness,
Oft look on those who loved them too
With fancy's idle gladness;
Again I long to view the light
In Nature's features glowing,
Again to tread the mountain's height,
And taste the soul's o'erflowing.