Larks (Joseph W. G. Hathaway)

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• (Posted 2023-10-05)  CPDL #76053:     

Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-10-05).   Score information: Letter, 8 pages, 391 kB   Copyright: Personal

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General Information

Title: Larks
Composer: Joseph W. G. Hathaway
Lyricist: Katherine Tynan Hinkson
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1911 Stainer & Bell
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Original text and translations

English text

All day in exquisite air
The song clomb an invisible stair,
Flight on flight, story on story,
Into the dazzling glory.

There was no bird, only a singing,
Up in the glory, climbing and ringing,
Like a small golden cloud at even,
Trembling ’twixt earth and heaven.

I saw no staircase winding, winding,
Up in the dazzle, sapphire and blinding,
Yet round by round, in exquisite air,
The song went up the stair.