Swiftly from the mountain's brow (Samuel Webbe)
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- Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2014-06-10). Score information: A4, 5 pages, 76 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: MusicXML source file(s) in compressed .mxl format.
General Information
Title: Swiftly from the mountain's brow
Composer: Samuel Webbe
Lyricist: John Cunningham
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Glee
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
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Original text and translations
English text
Swiftly from the mountain’s brow,
Shadows nurs’d by night retire;
And the peeping sunbeams now
Paint with gold the village spire.
Sweet, oh sweet the warbling throng,
On the white emblossom’d spray;
Nature’s universal song
Echoes to the rising day.