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(Posted 2019-12-05) CPDL #56178:

Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2019-12-05). Score information: A4, 5 pages, 100 kB Copyright: CPDL

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General Information

Title: How bright in the Maytime
Composer: Robert Lucas Pearsall
Lyricist: Mrs Newnham

Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong

Language: English
Instruments: Keyboard

First published: 1863
2nd published: 1877 in Novello's Part-Song Book (2nd series), Vol. 10, no. 298
Description:

External websites:

Original text and translations

English text

1 How bright in the May time
Is freedom, is play-time,
The forest, how bright!
One's path gaily shaping,
The city escaping
To some breezy height.
In hedge-braid ed meadows,
Where cool welcome shadows
With sun flecks are blent,
Down lazily sinking,
Deliciously drinking
The lilac's rich scent.

2 Then onward one passes,
Plucks wild flowers and grasses,
And strawberries sweet;
Fresh green boughs selecting,
Our faces protecting
From dust and from heat.
Now heedlessly wander,
Now pausing to ponder,
The streamlet beside;
Half dreaming, half waking,
We watch the waves breaking,
As softly they glide.

3 No porter to warn us,
No gardener to scorn us,
With threatening call.
Here gold is not wanting,
The field flowers enchanting,
Are common to all.
O freedom, how pleasant!
No despot is present
Sweet Nature to snare;
No false-hearted flatterer,
No tale-bearing chatterer,
Here poisons the air.

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 ==General Information==
-'''Title:''' ''How bright in the Maytime''<br>
+{{Title|''How bright in the Maytime''}}
 {{Composer|Robert Lucas Pearsall}}
 {{Lyricist|Mrs Newnham}}
-{{Voicing|4|SATB}}<br>
+{{Voicing|4|SATB}}
 {{Genre|Secular|Partsongs}}
 {{Language|English}}
 {{Instruments|Keyboard}}
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+{{Pub|1|1863|}}
+{{Pub|2|1877|in ''[[Novello's Part-Song Book (2nd series), Vol. 10]]''|no=298}}
+{{Descr| }}
+{{#ExtWeb:}}
+==Original text and translations==
+{{Text|English|
+{{Vs|1}} How bright in the May time
+Is freedom, is play-time,
+The forest, how bright!
+One's path gaily shaping,
+The city escaping
+To some breezy height.
+In hedge-braid ed meadows,
+Where cool welcome shadows
+With sun flecks are blent,
+Down lazily sinking,
+Deliciously drinking
+The lilac's rich scent.
-'''Description:''' 298
+{{Vs|2}} Then onward one passes,
+Plucks wild flowers and grasses,
+And strawberries sweet;
+Fresh green boughs selecting,
+Our faces protecting
+From dust and from heat.
+Now heedlessly wander,
+Now pausing to ponder,
+The streamlet beside;
+Half dreaming, half waking,
+We watch the waves breaking,
+As softly they glide.
-'''External websites:'''
+{{Vs|3}} No porter to warn us,
+No gardener to scorn us,
-==Original text and translations==
+With threatening call.
-{{NoText}}
+Here gold is not wanting,
+The field flowers enchanting,
+Are common to all.
+O freedom, how pleasant!
+No despot is present
+Sweet Nature to snare;
+No false-hearted flatterer,
+No tale-bearing chatterer,
+Here poisons the air.
+}}
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