Hail blushing goddess, beauteous Spring (Stephen Paxton)

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• (Posted 2024-03-30)  CPDL #79804: 

Editor: Christopher Shaw (submitted 2024-03-30).   Score information: A4, 6 pages, 1.01 MB   Copyright: CC BY SA

Edition notes: Please click on the link for preview/playback/PDF download. This edition is offered at original pitch for ATTB or transposed up a sixth for SSAT

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Title: Hail blushing goddess, beauteous Spring
Composer: Stephen Paxton
Lyricist: Esther Vanhomrigh^{create page}
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicings: SSAT or ATTB
Genre: Secular, Glee

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1787
Description: The author of the text of this Ode to Spring is perhaps better known to posterity as Jonathan Swift's "Vanessa".

Original text and translations

English text

Hail blushing goddess, beauteous Spring,
Who in thy jocund train dost bring
Loves and graces, smiling hours,
Balmy breezes, fragrant flow'rs;
Come, with tints of roseate hue,
Nature's faded charms renew.