Come, May, with all thy flowers (Frederic Hymen Cowen)

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• (Posted 2023-10-06)  CPDL #76105:     

Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-10-06).   Score information: Letter, 8 pages, 663 kB   Copyright: Personal

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Title: Come, May, with all thy flowers
Composer: Frederic Hymen Cowen
Lyricist: Thomas Moore
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1906 Novello and Co.
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Original text and translations

English text

Come, May, with all thy flowers,
Thy sweetly scented thorn,
Thy cooling evening showers,
Thy fragrant breath at morn:

When Mayflies haunt the willow,
When May-buds tempt the bee,
Then o’er the shining billow
My love will come to me.

From Eastern Isles she’s winging
Through watery wilds her way,
And on her cheek is bringing
The bright sun’s orient ray:

Oh, come and court her hither,
Ye breezes mild and warm,
One winter’s gale would wither
So soft, so soft, so pure, so pure a form.

The fields where she was straying,
Are blest with endless light,
With zephyrs always playing,
Through gardens always bright.

Then now, Sweet May, be sweeter
Than e’er thou’st been before;
Let sighs from roses meet her
When she comes near our shore.