My spirit sang all day - Gerald Finzi

My spirit sang all day
O my joy.
Nothing my tongue could say,
Only My joy!
My heart an echo caught
O my joy
And spake,
Tell me thy thought,
Hide not thy joy.
My eyes gan peer around,
O my joy
What beauty hast thou found?
Shew us thy joy.
My jealous ears grew whist;
O my joy
Music from heaven is't,
Sent for our joy?
She also came and heard;
O my joy,
What, said she, is this word?
What is thy joy?
And I replied,
O see, O my joy,
'Tis thee, I cried, 'tis thee:
Thou art my joy.
Text: Robert Bridges (1844 - 1930)
Music: Gerald Finzi (1901 - 1956)
Performed by our Cathedral Choral Scholars on Saturday 7 May 2022 in Salford Cathedral
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