by Thomas Oliphant (1799 - 1873)
Nymphs are sporting
Language: English
Nymphs are sporting, Shepherds corting, Birds do sweetly sing; Mirth and joy and pleasure, Frolic without measure, In the cheerful spring; Flocks are bleating, Rocks repeating, Echo back the sound; Merry bells are ringing, While the maidens singing, Trip it in a round.
Authorship:
- by Thomas Oliphant (1799 - 1873) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Robert Lucas Pearsall (1795 - 1856), "Nymphs are sporting", published c1875 [ SATB chorus ], Novello, Ewer & Co., London, England, in Novello's part-song book Volume 10, pages 11-15, number 285 [sung text checked 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2021-02-19
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Word count: 43