Requiescat (Joseph Henius)

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• (Posted 2023-10-26)  CPDL #76719:     

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.

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.