The Spring’s free sunshine falleth (Samuel Reay)

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• (Posted 2023-12-01)  CPDL #77755:     

Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-12-01).   Score information: Letter, 8 pages, 488 kB   Copyright: Personal

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Title: The Spring’s free sunshine falleth
Composer: Samuel Reay
Lyricist: Anonymous
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1879 Novello, Ewer, and Co.
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Original text and translations

English text

The Spring’s free sunshine falleth
Like balm upon the heart,
And care and fear, dull shadows,
Are hastening to depart.
Oh, season of rejoicing,
That fills my heart and brain
With visions such as never
Me-thought should come again.

How lovingly the sunshine
Clings round the tufts of green;
And all is fair and joyful
As winter ne’er has been.
The butterfly is wending
Its way from flower to flower,
Like a freed and happy spirit,
Meet emblem of such hour.

The rose is opening slowly,
The lilac’s scented cones
Are musical till nightfall
With wild bees’ drowsy tones.
We smile to see the conquest
Of beauty o’er decay,
With merry lark up-soaring,
We greet at dawning day.