A widow-bird sate mourning (Jennifer Bastable)

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•  Posted on 2026-01-29(Posted 2026-01-29)  CPDL #88211:     

Editor: Jennifer Bastable (submitted 2026-01-29).   Score information: Letter, 5 pages, 338 kB   Copyright: Personal

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General Information

Title: A widow-bird sate mourning
Composer: Jennifer Bastable
Lyricist: Percy Bysshe Shelley
Number of voices: 5vv   Voicing: SATB + Soprano soloist
Genre: Secular, Partsong

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published:
Description: Verses 2 and 3 of Archy's Song from Shelley's unfinished poetic drama Charles the First, set for low soprano soloist (range middle C to F) with accompanying SATB choir.

Original text and translations

English text

A widow bird sate mourning for her love
Upon a wintry bough;
The frozen wind crept on above,
The freezing stream below.

There was no leaf upon the forest bare,
No flower upon the ground,
And little motion in the air
Except the mill-wheel's sound.