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Forgive blessed shade (John Wall Callcott)
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Title: Forgive blessed shade
Composer: John Wall Callcott
Lyricist: Lee Richmondcreate page (first name may be spelt "Leigh")
Number of voices: 3vv Voicing: SSB
Genre: Sacred, Partsong
Language: English
Instruments: a cappella (originally). Piano accompaniment added by William Horsley (1774-1858).
Published: 1795
Description: A three part sacred glee on the text of an epitaph originally from a gravestone in Brading, Hampshire, England.
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Original text and translations
English text
Forgive, blest shade, the tributary tear,
- That mourns thy exit from a world like this;
Forgive the wish that would have kept thee here,
- And stayed thy progress to the realms of bliss.
No more confined to grov'ling scenes of night--
- No more a tenant pent in mortal clay;
Now should we rather hail thy glorious flight,
- And trace thy journey to the realms of day.
