She waits for thee in the spirit land (Solomon W. Straub)
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- (Posted 2023-12-12) CPDL #78120:
- Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-12-12). Score information: Letter, 12 pages, 564 kB Copyright: Personal
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General Information
Title: She waits for thee in the spirit land
Composer: Solomon W. Straub
Lyricist: Maria Straub
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1870 Root & Cady
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Original text and translations
English text
Alone, all alone in silence and gloom,
He wanders the woodland o’er,
And lingers sad in the loved retreats,
Where blooms his wild rose no more.
The dim echoes tell of the loved ones gone,
The wild rose blooming afar,
While zephyrs breathe of the beauteous words,
The rose will wait for her star.
She waits for thee,
In the spirit land.
The moon, sad and soft, still lingers above,
To list to his sorrowing tone,
The turtle dove echoes his piteous strain,
Alone, alone, all alone.
’Neath the willowy shade of the low green isle,
Where the lovely wildflowers grow,
He asks of heaven, his holiest trust,
To guide his beautiful rose.
She waits for thee,
In the spirit land.
He loves to list to the zephyrs that glide
Above her shadowy grave.
Hark, softly they whisper now, just now,
He crosses the silent wave.
She waits no more in the spirit land,
By the ever rippling streams,
She hails the dawn of her morning star,
In the land of her happiest dreams.
She waits no more,
In the spirit land.