Holt 8s & 7s
By William Cleary
- Key
- G major
- Type
- Plain tune
- Time signature
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6
4 - Composed
- 2020
- Text
- Charlotte Ann Fillebrown Jerauld, 1860
Description
There are more verses but the metre varies considerably -- she probably wasn't interested in it being set to music. The subtitle is taken from Jerauld's own book.
Text
There are forms with sorrow bending,
There are hearts in sackcloth drest;
For a loved one has departed
To the silent land of rest!
Wail for the young and beautiful,
The gay and glad of heart;
Yet sorrow not as hopeless ones,
Who see their lovèd depart.