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If life were fair around thee, | If life were fair around thee, | ||
Fair as the heart had willed, | Fair as the heart had willed, | ||
Without a grief to wound thee | Without a grief to wound thee, | ||
Or bright hope unfulfilled | Or bright hope unfulfilled, | ||
Mortal, for death preparing, | Mortal, for death preparing, | ||
Could'st thou to death submit? | Could'st thou to death submit? | ||
Thou would'st refuse, despairing, | Thou would'st refuse, despairing, | ||
A world so dear to quit | A world so dear to quit | ||
But, one by one, thou knowest, | But, one by one, thou knowest, | ||
Life's gentle bonds are riven, | Life's gentle bonds are riven, | ||
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CPDL #30685:
Capella
- Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2013-12-03). Score information: A4, 5 pages, 87 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Transscriber from the Novello edition.
General Information
Title: Consolation
Composer: Henry Thomas Smart
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong
Language: English
Instruments: Keyboard
Published:
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Original text and translations
English text
If life were fair around thee,
Fair as the heart had willed,
Without a grief to wound thee,
Or bright hope unfulfilled,
Mortal, for death preparing,
Could'st thou to death submit?
Thou would'st refuse, despairing,
A world so dear to quit
But, one by one, thou knowest,
Life's gentle bonds are riven,
So, cheered at heart, thou goest
Through earth’s deep grave to heaven!
The chains of fear are broken,
Hope's star is bright aloft!
Oft has this truth been spoken,
But never once too oft.