Return blest days - Smith, John Stafford

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"This glee gained a Catch Club prize medal in 1777."

⌛ Period → Classical ◈ Genre / Form → Glees

♯ Key E- major

⁄ Time Signature 4/4

♬ Voicing → ATTB

◆ Difficulty

Elementary

↕ Range G2 – C5

¶ Language → English

Measures 44

Texture mixed texture

Parts 6

Instruments ATTB, Piano

Pages 6

CPDL # 65820

Editor James Gibb

Posted 2021-09-18

License CPDL License

♫Pitch Ranges

Alto

G3 – C5

Tenor I

B-2 – G4

Bass

G2 – C4

Accomp.

G2 – C4

¶Lyrics / Text

Return, blest days, return ye laughing hours, Which led me up the roseate steep of youth, Which strew'd my simple path with vernal flow'rs, And bid me court chaste science and fair truth. Witness, ye daughters of the year, If e'er a sigh had learnt to heave my breast, If e'er my cheek was conscious of a tear, And robb'd my soul of rest. So soft, so delicate, so sweet she came, Youth's damask glow just dawning on her cheek; I gaz'd, I sigh'd, I caught the flame, Felt the fond pang, and droop'd with passion weak.

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