by John Dell ( flourished 1800 )
Summer's Treasures
Language: English
Beauteous image, smile with pleasure, Covering nature's placid face, Open all your glittering treasure, And with this show every grace. Hills on hills, with verdure flowing, Prospects which allure the sight, Clouds no more obscure their glowing But the whole returns to light. Asia's fragrance, here unfolded, Riches endless brings to view, On the face of nature moulded, Peace and every object new: Mantling o'er the warbling current, Flowers of beauty bend their brow, While the Traveller still an errant, Embrace the stream, and prostrate low. Bending in travail, the treasure, Of the Summer's bounteous care, Cheers, the Captive, beyond measure, And music wakes the silent air, If we look around the mountains, Treasures, there, we now behold, Silver, issues from the fountains And the scattering rains are gold.
Authorship:
- by John Dell ( flourished 1800 ) [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 François-Hippolyte Barthélemon (1741 - 1808), "Summer's Treasures", published c1800 [ voice and piano ], London: E. Riley [sung text checked 1 time]
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