The trysting tree (George J. Bennett)

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• (Posted 2023-09-22)  CPDL #75600:     

Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-09-22).   Score information: Letter, 8 pages, 381 kB   Copyright: Personal

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General Information

Title: The trysting tree
Composer: George J. Bennett
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1893 Novello, Ewer, and Co.
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Original text and translations

English text

When the dew is on the grass,
And the moonlight on the tree,
Through the soft night will I pass,
Lightly stealing, love, to thee.

When the hushed winds in the shade,
Murmur fitful as in sleep,
And the hues of daylight fade
On the bosom of the deep.

When the birds have hushed their song,
And the swain hath left the lea,
Gently will I glide along
To our quiet trysting tree.

While the moonbeam, pale and cold,
Glances through the forest glade,
Shall thy tale of love be told,
And thy vows of truth be made.

“Foliorum Silvula: Selections for Translation into Latin and Greek Verse, chiefly from the University and College Examination Papers” (1852)