Song of Proserpine (Samuel Coleridge-Taylor)
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- Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-10-05). Score information: Letter, 4 pages, 424 kB Copyright: Personal
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- Editor: Robin Doveton (submitted 2023-08-08). Score information: A4, 3 pages, 82 kB Copyright: Personal
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General Information
Title: Song of Proserpine
Composer: Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Lyricist: Percy Bysshe Shelley
Number of voices: 8vv Voicing: SSAATTBB
Genre: Secular, Partsong
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1912 Novello and Co.
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Original text and translations
English text
Sacred Goddess, Mother Earth,
Thou from whose immortal bosom
Gods and men and beasts have birth,
Leaf and blade, and bud and blossom,
Breathe thine influence most divine
On thine own child, Proserpine.
If with mists of evening dew
Thou dost nourish these young flowers
Till they grow in scent and hue
Fairest children of the Hours,
Breathe thine influence most divine
On thine own child, Proserpine.