Fading Nature (Stephen Jenks): Difference between revisions
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''To Amira, on the death of her child'' | |||
:by Anne Steele, 1760 | |||
So fades the lovely, blooming flower, | So fades the lovely, blooming flower, | ||
Frail, smiling solace of an hour! | Frail, smiling solace of an hour! | ||
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Her powerful aid supports the soul, | Her powerful aid supports the soul, | ||
And nature owns her kind control; | And nature owns her kind control; | ||
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''New England doctor's gravestone'' | |||
:Anonymous author | |||
Thousands of journeys, night and day, | Thousands of journeys, night and day, | ||
I have rode weary on the way, | I have rode weary on the way, | ||
To heal the sick, but now am gone | To heal the sick, but now am gone | ||
A journey, never to return.}} | A journey, never to return.}} | ||
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- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2016-04-09). Score information: 7 x 10 inches (landscape), 1 page, 70 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape). Version of 1807, with words by Anne Steele. All seven stanzas of Steele's poem included.
General Information
Title: Fading Nature
First Line: So fades the lovely, blooming flower (Steele)
First Line: Thousands of journeys, night and day (Anonymous)
Composer: Stephen Jenks
Lyricist: Anne Steele
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred Meter: 88. 88 (L.M.)
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
{{Published}} is obsolete (code commented out), replaced with {{Pub}} for works and {{PubDatePlace}} for publications.
Description: First published in The Hartford Collection, 1807, p. 44, with words by Anne Steele, 1760, in seven stanzas. Extensively revised by Jenks in 1818, with anonymous words.
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Original text and translations
English text To Amira, on the death of her child |
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New England doctor's gravestone |