The fairest flower (Robert Prescott Stewart)

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• (Posted 2023-12-12)  CPDL #78101:     

Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-12-12).   Score information: Letter, 8 pages, 345 kB   Copyright: Personal

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General Information

Title: The fairest flower
Composer: Robert Prescott Stewart
Lyricist: John Francis Waller
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1875 Novello, Ewer, and Co.
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Original text and translations

English text

The dawn of day is far away,
Below the eastern steep,
And sweet and calm the dew, like balm
Weighs down the flowers in sleep.

But why should sleep my mistress keep
Within her silent bower?
Shine forth, and be my love for me,
Of all the fairest flower.

There is no light in heaven tonight,
Save what the stars do make;
If thou wilt rise and ope thine eyes,
’Twill seem like morning’s break.

The blithesome lark shall think the dark
Hath vanished from the skies,
And fill the air with carols rare
To greet my lady’s eyes.