The Tear-drop (William Thomas Samuel)

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• (Posted 2023-12-06)  CPDL #77894:     

Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-12-06).   Score information: Letter, 4 pages, 311 kB   Copyright: Personal

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Title: The Tear-drop
Composer: William Thomas Samuel
Lyricists: A. Morgan^{create page}, translated W. Owen Jenkins^{create page}
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1889 J. Curwen & Sons
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Original text and translations

English text

Lovely teardrop! clear as crystal,
On the cheek I see thee roll;
In thee I behold the tempest
Which bestirs the mournful soul;
Sea of trouble, concentrated
In one tiny drop thou art;
Or some big “ninth wave” which, surging,
Overflows my stormtoss’d heart.

Dearest teardrop! oh, how soothing
Often hast thou been to me,
When my soul, too full for speaking,
Fit expression found in thee;
Grateful dew at night descending
On sad heart when none is near,
Many a parched spot to moisten,
This thou art, O tender tear.

from the Welsh