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Daffodils
Staff Notation • Secular, Partsongs
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Daffodils by Frederick St. John Lacy — Lyrics
Fair daffodils, we weep to see
You haste away so soon;
As yet the earlyrising sun
Has not attain’d his noon.
Stay, stay
Until the hasting day
Has run
But to the evensong;
And, having pray’d together, we
Will go with you along.
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About Daffodils
Sung as a secular partsong, Frederick St. John Lacy’s Daffodils sets a reflective English text of contemplation. It captures the fleeting nature of spring and life, drawing a poignant parallel between the short-lived beauty of the flowers and the brevity of human existence. The choir will find themselves considering themes of time, mortality, and the shared human experience of hastening towards decay. This SATB setting offers an opportunity for expressive phrasing and a focus on the delicate interplay between the vocal lines as they convey the poem’s melancholic yet beautiful sentiment.
