The Angel of Dream (Matthias Keller)
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- (Posted 2023-11-03) CPDL #76936:
- Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-11-03). Score information: Letter, 8 pages, 318 kB Copyright: Personal
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General Information
Title: The Angel of Dream
Composer: Matthias Keller
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
First published: ca. 1880 Copp, Clark & Co.
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Original text and translations
English text
Old mother, don’t grieve, be cheerful at heart!
Thou’rt tenderly watched by day and by night;
The sickness that now confines thee in bed
May soon yield to care and nature’s own night.
Though heartless may seem the world to the poor,—
One treasure is thine— the love of a son!
He’ll toil for thy sake as long as he lives,
So be of good cheer, thou art not alone?
He’s poor, it is true, and kept from the work
Which ought to be done to bring daily bread;
Though vainly he asked, today, for some help,—
Tomorrow, perhaps, he’ll better succeed.
Old mother, don’t grieve! Not all men are hard,—
Thy son will yet find a good and true friend
Who’ll listen to him with kindness of heart,
And surely, such friend assistance will lend.