The Lark now leaves his watery nest (John George Callcott)

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• (Posted 2023-10-01)  CPDL #75935:     

Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-10-01).   Score information: Letter, 8 pages, 525 kB   Copyright: Personal

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Title: The Lark now leaves his watery nest
Composer: John George Callcott
Lyricist: William Davenant
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB, minor divisi
Genre: Secular, Partsong

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1878 Novello, Ewer, and Co.
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English text

Morning Song

The Lark now leaves his watery nest,
    And climbing shakes his dewy wings:
He takes this window for the east;
    And to implore your light, he sings.
Awake, awake! the morn will never rise,
Till she can dress her beauty at your eyes.

The merchant bows unto the seaman’s star,
    The plowman from the sun his season takes,
But still the lover wonders what they are
    Who look for day before his mistress wakes.
Awake, awake, break through your veils of lawn,
Then draw your curtains, and begin the dawn.