Chloris in the Snow (Percy Eastman Fletcher)

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• (Posted 2023-10-16)  CPDL #76368:     

Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-10-16).   Score information: Letter, 8 pages, 676 kB   Copyright: Personal

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General Information

Title: Chloris in the Snow
Composer: Percy Eastman Fletcher
Lyricist: William Strode
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1924 Novello and Co.
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Original text and translations

English text

I saw fair Chloris walk alone,
When feather’d rain came softly down,
As Jove descending from his Tower
To court her in a silver shower:
The wanton snow flew to her breast,
Like pretty birds into their nest,
But, overcome with whiteness there,
For grief it thaw’d into a tear:
    Thence falling on her garments’ hem,
    To deck her, froze into a gem.