Alexander Campbell
(1764 - 1824)

Campbell : How sweet in the morning of life : illustration

How sweet in the morning of life
(Soprano/Tenor,Violin,Continuo)
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148676 : Campbell : How sweet in the morning of life : sheet music
Catalogued as Choral - Secular (Songs and Concert Airs)

Publ. London and Edinburgh, c.1786.

Campbell settled in Edinburgh from Stirling, and was an organist there. By repute he was friends with Burns and gave singing lessons (albeit unsuccessfully) to the young Walter Scott.
Lyrics: The words by a lady

How sweet in the morning of life
Are the scenes which gay fancy uprears;
O, may they be sour'd by no strife,
Nor decay in the shadow of years.

But alas, the chill ev'ning will come,
And its frosts ev'ry blossom subdue;
Mem'ry sighs o'er the pride of their bloom,
But no suns the sweet charms shall renew.