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- (Posted 2020-02-29) CPDL #57275:
- Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2020-02-29). Score information: A4, 8 pages, 114 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: MusicXML source file(s) in compressed .mxl format.
General Information
Title: At first the mountain rill
Composer: George Alexander Macfarren
Lyricist: John Oxenford
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong
Language: English
Instruments: Piano
First published: 1880 in Novello's Part-Song Book (2nd series), Vol. 14, no. 393
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Original text and translations
English text
At first the mountain rill is weak,
And from its prison scarce can break;
Then each pebble in the way
Seems enough its course to stay.
Spreading as it glides along,
Soon it is a torrent strong;
And its path is broad and free,
As it bounds into the sea.
At first the mountain rill is weak,
But spreading as it glides along,
A torrent strong, its path is broad and free,
As it bounds into the sea.
Thus love is oft so weak at first,
That e'en the heart in which 'tis nursed
Scarcely can its presence feel;
But its power will soon reveal;
And so mighty is its force,
Nothing can restrain its course.
Riches, honours, what are they?
Love through all will find a way.