The secret of singing (George J. Webb)
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- Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2024-02-15). Score information: Letter, 4 pages, 301 kB Copyright: Personal
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General Information
Title: The secret of singing
Composer: George J. Webb
Lyricist: Bryan Procter
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1847 Wilkins, Carter, & Co.
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Original text and translations
English text
Lady, sing no more,—
Science all is vain,
’Till the heart be touched,
And give forth its pain.
’Tis a hidden lyre,
Cherished near the sun,
O’er whose witching wire,
Fairy fingers run.
Pity comes in tears,
From her home above;
Hopes, and sometimes fears,
And the wizard, love;
Each doth search the heart,
To its inmost springs,—
And when they depart,
Then the spirit sings.