Resting (Frederic Hymen Cowen)

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• (Posted 2023-10-06)  CPDL #76108:     

Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-10-06).   Score information: Letter, 8 pages, 662 kB   Copyright: Personal

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General Information

Title: Resting
Composer: Frederic Hymen Cowen
Lyricist: Edward Oxenford
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1891 Novello, Ewer, and Co.
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English text

Upon the river’s silvery breast,
Beneath some overhanging tree,
A cool and leafy canopy.
For there the sunrays cannot fall,
And reign triumphant over all,
The golden shower awhile is stayed,
And hearts all hail the welcome shade!

O it is sweet awhile to rest,
As sinks the sun within the West;
To watch each gold and crimson beam,
Disport upon the flowing stream;
To hear the ripples whisper low,
As soothingly they ebb and flow,
And seem to sing, amid their play,
sing farewell to the dying day!