Snow-Drops (Theodor L. Clemens)

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• (Posted 2023-10-03)  CPDL #76002:     

Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-10-03).   Score information: Letter, 8 pages, 518 kB   Copyright: Personal

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Title: Snow-Drops
Composer: Theodor L. Clemens
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1902 Mathias & Strickland
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Original text and translations

English text

from the Swedish, translated by Ellin Isabelle Tupper (1836–?)

When all around is dark and still,
Beneath a wintry sky,
The snow-drops come our hearts to thrill,
And lead our thoughts on high.

Their tiny hells of virgin white
Above the ground appear,
And, gladdened by the pleasant sight,
We know that Spring is near.

For though so long in seeming death
These flowerets hidden lie,
They only wait the first warm breath
Of Spring that passes by.

And, as the sunny days of Spring
Wake up each blooming flower
So shall we rise on angel’s wing
In God’s own chosen hour.

(verses omitted in Clemens’ setting)
Then Nature, from her lengthened sleep
Opens her smiling eyes,
And songs and praises, loud and deep,
From all creation rise.

They lead our thoughts to think on those
Whose life on earth is o’er,
Who now beneath the grass repose—
“Not lost, but gone before.”