Autumn Song (Edward Bunnett)

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• (Posted 2023-09-28)  CPDL #75837:     

Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-09-28).   Score information: Letter, 12 pages, 582 kB   Copyright: Personal

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General Information

Title: Autumn Song
Composer: Edward Bunnett
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1878 Novello, Ewer, and Co.
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Original text and translations

English text

Now Autumn crowns the year with golden leaves,
The waving corn makes glad the Reaper’s breast;
With jocund song he binds the bending sheaves
Till evening’s twilight bids him home to rest.

In sunnier climes the clustering grapes recall
The time of vintage, dear to youth and maid;
How gay the dance when eve’s soft shadows fall,
And tints with silvery beam the glimmering glade.

With mellow fruit the ruddy orchards shine,
And clover fields make fragrant all the land:
Wild woodbine tresses o’er the hedges twine,
With latest roses wreathed by Nature’s hand.

Glides on the harvest moon through pathless ways,
Thick sprinkled with the starry flowers of night;
And tuneful voices raise the song of praise
To Him, the Giver of all joy and light.

Peace, meek-eyed Peace, with olive garland crowned,
Thy choicest blessings pour on our loved Isle:
Shielded from danger and war’s angry sound,
Free may she flourish ’neath thy guardian smile!