Lament (John Pointer)

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• (Posted 2023-11-29)  CPDL #77697:     

Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-11-29).   Score information: Letter, 4 pages, 251 kB   Copyright: Personal

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General Information

Title: Lament
Composer: John Pointer
Lyricist: Will Ransom
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1916 Novello and Co.
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Original text and translations

English text

Phantom voices calling
When the night is falling,
Echoes of the gracious time
Gone for aye,
Wail on
That I may weep my sad soul away.

Say not I may borrow
Comfort of the morrow—
Silent are the songs of day—
Hope is o’er:
Ah me!
My sun of joy will rise no more.