Tears, Idle Tears

Words by Alfred, Lord Tennyson Music by Bobby Griffith

                                    

Larghetto (q=60) accel. rit.
    
Flute               

mp mf f f

 
Clarinet in Bb
          


         

  
Harp

       

Larghetto (q=60) accel. rit.

         
Baritone Solo 

Larghetto (q=60) accel. rit.

         
Violoncello 
   
2
8
      
Fl.            
p


Cl.
        


       
                
    
Hp.
         


 
p

mp
        
         
Bar. Solo  
Tears, i - dle tears, I know not what

       
Vc. 
    
   
3


  
 
14

Fl.            
 


Cl.
       

  
         

               
         
  
Hp. mf
   





 
         
mf
 
Bar. Solo   
they mean, Tears from the depths of some di - vine de - spair

      
Vc. 
    
  
4

  
19

Fl.   
 
    
p mf


Cl.
      

 
  
     
         


 
    
       
          
Hp.

   
p mf

       
mp mf
      
Bar. Solo
 
   
      
rise in the heart, and gath -er to the eyes, In look -ing back on the hap py au -tumn

     
Vc. 
  
      
Allegretto (q. = 72) 5

 
23

Fl.             
 
mf p

         
 


Cl.          

p mp


    
  


   
     





Hp.
                   
mp
      


 
mp p mf p

Allegretto (q. = 72)

  
mf p

        3 
  
Bar. Solo          
years And think - ing of the Days that are no more.

Allegretto (q. = 72)

          
Vc.  
 
 
6
30 q.=q

Fl.         
   
f


            

Cl.          
    
f

     

         
    
 
  

  
mf
 
   
Hp.

        

q.=q

    
 
f
    
        
Bar. Solo   
Fresh as the first beams glit -tering on a sail, That brings our


q.=q
           
Vc.    
mp f
 
   
7

   
35

Fl.   
      

        

mp p

   
Cl.
     
              
 


     
   


          
   






Hp.
           
 
 
    
3 3 3 3 mp p

        
      
mp

  
Bar. Solo        
friends up from the un - der - world, Sad as the last which red -dens o - ver one That

          
Vc.     
  
8

      
41

Fl.              
   

     
       

     
    
Cl.

p ppp

        
           
             
ppp
    
Hp.
            


             
   

         
f
Bar. Solo    
sinks with all we know be -low the verge; So sad, so fresh, the

        
        
            
Vc.

p ppp  
       
   
9
47   Tempo primo (q=60)

Fl.     
   

p

   
Cl.
             
p

     
           


 
         
    
  
Hp.
      


 
p p

  3   Tempo primo (q=60)

  
p
Bar. Solo         
days that are no more. Ah,

    
Tempo primo (q=60)
 
          
 
Vc.
p
  
10
54

Fl.        

    
  
      
   
   

Cl.     


      
  
                           
 
Hp.
 


 

mp
       
       
Bar. Solo  
sad and strange as in dark sum - mer dawns

      
Vc. 
  
11
59

Fl.        

       
           

Cl.     

p

   
        




             
         
   
Hp. mf
      



 p

      
      
 
mf mp


        
   


Bar. Solo

The ear - li -est pipe of half -a - wak - ened birds To dy - ing ears, when un -to dy -ing

      
Vc. 
  
12
64

Fl.       

    
        

Cl.      
mf

 
  
     
         


Hp.
                   
     

mf mp p


mf
       
           
3
Bar. Solo   
eyes the case -ment slow ly grows a glim - mer -ing square. So sad, so

     
Vc. 
     
 
13

 
68 Con moto (q=70)

Fl.            
  
mf p

         

Cl.           
mf p

      
           




       
            
Hp.
   


   
mf p

  
mf p
 
   
3 Con moto (q=70)
          
Bar. Solo   
strange; the days that are no more.

       
Con moto (q=70)

espress.

           
         
       
Vc.
3

p 3 pp
 
       
14 3
76

Fl.        
mp


     
 

Cl.     
mp

              
                  

  
mp
                  
Hp.

   
         
    

  
  
mp
         
      
Bar. Solo  
Dear as re -mem -bered kis - ses af - ter death, And sweet as those by hope - less

              
Vc.    
mp
    
          
15

 
81

Fl.       

     
          

Cl.    
    

  
           
    




         
                
Hp.
   
    

 

                 
Bar. Solo   
fan - cy feign’d On lips that are for o - thers;

 
pizz. pizz.

           
        
Vc.
16


       
87 Maestoso

Fl.       
f f

   
  
molto leggiero
Cl.      
f p f

   
    
molto leggiero
        
    
         




3 3

    

f p
Hp.
    f

    
  

                  
Maestoso molto leggiero
f p

     f 
Bar. Solo    
deep as love, Deep as first love, and wild with all re - gret Oh Death in life,

Maestoso
   
arco

       
  
Vc.
f
 
17

 
     
 


95
 molto rall.

Fl.        
f pp


   
 
    

Cl.        
f pp


                       
    
    


    





 pp
   
Hp.
       
   


    3 
f molto rall.
         
Bar. Solo 
The days that are no more.

  molto rall.

    
Vc.     
f pp