Performance noteSuitable for intermediate and advanced TTBB choruses.
The text for The Fountain is from a larger conversation poem by Wordsworth. In the poem, the speaker and an old schoolmaster named Matthew rest beneath an oak tree next to a gurgling natural spring. The poem explores the passage of time, aging, lost youth, and the quiet melancholy that comes with remembering the past.
The poem begins: We talked with open heart, and tongue
Affectionate and true,
A pair of friends, though I was young,
And Matthew seventy-two.
This setting for TTBB chorus captures an excerpt of the poem and attempts to capture a bit of both the melancholy and comfort described in the passage.
Lyrics
Excerpt from "The Fountain: A Conversation" by William Wordsworth
DOWN to the vale this water steers; how merrily it goes!
'Twill murmur on a thousand years, and flow as now it flows;
And here, on this delightful day, I cannot choose but think
How oft, a vigorous man, I lay beside this fountain's brink.
My eyes are dim with childish tear, my heart is idly stirred.
For the same sound is in my ears that in those days I heard.
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