Semblances (George J. Webb)

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• (Posted 2024-02-22)  CPDL #79224:     

Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2024-02-22).   Score information: Letter, 4 pages, 315 kB   Copyright: Personal

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Title: Semblances
Composer: George J. Webb
Lyricist: Alicia Jane Sparrow
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1850 Mason & Law
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English text

Say not, because you see no tears,
That tears can never flow;
Ah, judge not by the light that plays
On many a radiant brow;
For, oh! believe me, hearts can feel
When careless they appear;
And smiling eyes have often smiled
To hide the gathering tear!

I doubt the purity of sighs,
I doubt the strength of tears;
When these are shed before men’s eyes,
Those rung into men’s ears;
But doubt I not the depth, the truth
Of aching hearts, which wear
A smile upon the pallid face,
That none may see the tear!