Hope is like a harebell (Arthur Somervell)

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• (Posted 2023-12-10)  CPDL #78043:     

Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-12-10).   Score information: Letter, 8 pages, 329 kB   Copyright: Personal

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General Information

Title: Hope is like a harebell
Composer: Arthur Somervell
Lyricist: Christina Rossetti
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Quartet

Language: English
Instruments: Piano

First published: 1903 Boosey & Co.
Description:  Quartet from “Wind Flowers”

Original text and translations

English text

Hope is like a harebell, trembling from its birth,
Love is like a rose, the joy of all the earth,
Faith is like a lily, lifted high and white,
Love is like a lovely rose, the world’s delight.
Harebells and sweet lilies show a thornless growth,
But the rose with all its thorns excels them both.