Autumn (Josiah Booth)

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• (Posted 2023-09-26)  CPDL #75751:     

Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-09-26).   Score information: Letter, 12 pages, 684 kB   Copyright: Personal

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General Information

Title: Autumn
Composer: Josiah Booth
Lyricist: Wentworth Francis Wentworth-Shields
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1895 Novello, Ewer, and Co.
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Original text and translations

English text

The trees have loosed their fan of leaves,
They pass in golden streams,
And deck with many coloured sheaves
This autumn world of dreams.

The sun with silver haze o’er-spread,
Breaks forth in wild surprise,
To strike a glory from the dead,
And fire earth’s closing eyes.

The pine trees feel the sacred hour,
Each stem so straight and bare,
Receives a grandeur that has power,
To mix in nature’s prayer.

The smallest spot on earth unseals
Some path by angels trod;
And every fading flower reveals
The unchanging face of God.