A resting-place (Jennifer Bastable)

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•  Posted on 2026-03-06(Posted 2026-03-06)  CPDL #88551:     

Editor: Jennifer Bastable (submitted 2026-03-06).   Score information: Letter, 4 pages, 357 kB   Copyright: Personal

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General Information

Title: A Resting-Place
Composer: Jennifer Bastable
Lyricist: Christina Rossetti
Number of voices: 5vv   Voicing: SSATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published:
Description: A setting for five voices, SSATB, of the first two verses of Christina Rossetti's poem Up-Hill.

Original text and translations

English text

Does the road wind up-hill all the way?
   Yes, to the very end.
Will the day’s journey take the whole long day?
   From morn to night, my friend.

But is there for the night a resting-place?
   A roof for when the slow dark hours begin.
May not the darkness hide it from my face?
   You cannot miss that inn.