Gentle smiles (Edward Roberts)

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• (Posted 2024-06-24)  CPDL #81027:     

Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2024-06-24).   Score information: Letter, 4 pages, 298 kB   Copyright: Personal

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Title: Gentle smiles
Composers: Edward Roberts and John Paul Morgan
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1868 F. J. Huntington & Co.
Description: This piece appears in “The Tonart” (1868), written by Edward Roberts and John Paul Morgan. The publication did not specify an individual composer.
Exercise for the key of B-flat.

Original text and translations

English text

The sweet young flowers of early spring,
Are beautiful to me;
And bright the many stars that shine,
Upon the calm blue sea;
But gentle smiles and loving hearts,
And hands to clasp my own,
Are better than the brightest flowers,
Or stars that ever shone.

The sun may warm the grass to life,
The dews the drooping flower,
And eyes grow bright and watch the light,
Of autumn’s opening hour;
But gentle smiles of tenderness,
And smiles we know are true,
Are warmer than the summer time,
And brighter than the dew.