Tears - Hatton, John Liptrot

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"Sacred Partsong for Mixed Voices"

⌛ Period → Romantic ◈ Genre → Partsongs ♬ Voicing → SATB ¶ Language → English

Parts 4

Instruments A cappella

Pages 8

CPDL # 76691

Editor David Anderson

Posted 2023-10-26

License Personal

¶Lyrics / Text

If tears into each life must fall, Oh! that our tears may be As summer rain that gently drops On field, and flower, and tree; Helping the tender bud to ope, Freshening the drooping flower, Filling the ears with precious grain Before the harvest hour. So may our tears their work fulfill, And in these hearts of ours The tardy buds of grace unfold, Revive its drooping flowers. And when the angels come, at last, To reap the ripened field, May each life, as the watered ground, A fruitful harvest yield.