Requiescat (Joseph Henius)
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- Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-10-26). Score information: Letter, 12 pages, 636 kB Copyright: Personal
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General Information
Title: Requiescat
Composer: Joseph Henius
Lyricist: Oscar Wilde
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong
Language: English
Instruments: Piano
First published: 1910 H. W. Gray Co.
Description: In his musical setting, Henius omits one stanza of the poem and alters the order of stanzas.
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Original text and translations
English text
Tread lightly, she is near
Under the snow,
Speak gently, she can hear
The daisies grow.
All her bright golden hair
Tarnished with rust,
She that was young and fair
Fallen to dust.
Peace, Peace, she cannot hear
Lyre or sonnet,
All my life’s buried here,
Heap earth upon it.
Coffin-board, heavy stone,
Lie on her breast.
I vex my heart alone,
She is at rest.