Historic Sheet Music Collection
Title
Document Type
Score
Publication Date
1834
Lyrics
[First Solo]
Sparkling and bright, in liquid light,
Does the wine our goblets gleam in,
With hue as red, as the rosy bed,
Which a bee would choose to dream in.
[Refrain-sung twice in a row]
[Primo, Secondo, Bass]
Then drink to the night with hearts as light,
To love as gay and fleeting,
As bubbles that swim, on the beaker's brim,
And break on the lips while meeting.
[Second Solo]
Oh! if mirth might arrest the flight
Of time, through lifes dominions,
We here awhile, would now beguile
The grey beard of his pinions.
Then drink to night &c.
[Refrain]
[Third Solo]
But since delight can't stop the wight,
Nor found regret delay him,
Nor love himself, can hold the elf
Nor sober friendship stay him.
Then drink to night &c.
[Refrain]
Recommended Citation
Taylor, James B., "Sparkling & Bright" (1834). Historic Sheet Music Collection. 103.
https://digitalcommons.conncoll.edu/sheetmusic/103
The views expressed in this paper are solely those of the author.
Comments
Sparkling & Bright, a much admired Glee.
Music Composed & arranged for the Piano Forte by James B. Taylor.
New York, Firth & Hall, 1 Franklin Square.
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