Not a spot on Earth so pleasant (William Batchelder Bradbury)

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• (Posted 2023-09-27)  CPDL #75787:     

Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-09-27).   Score information: Letter, 8 pages, 436 kB   Copyright: Personal

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Title: Not a spot on Earth so pleasant
Composer: William Batchelder Bradbury
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Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1875 Oliver Ditson & Co.
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English text

Not a spot on earth so pleasant
As the place in which I dwell;
O’er the way a maiden liveth,
Fairer far than words can tell,
When at morn the watch I’m keeping,
Those mild beams of light to greet,
Thro’ the lattice, slyly peeping,
Two bright morning stars I greet.

Even when the clouds hang o’er us,
And obscure the sun’s clear beams;
These light orbs are ever glowing,
As they thro’ the lattice gleam,
Thro’ my heart warm rays are darting,
When from yonder cot they stream,
Then, O then, no spot so pleasant
As the place in which I dwell.