Hence, loathed melancholy (Henry Lahee)

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(Posted 2023-11-07) CPDL #77028:

Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-11-07). Score information: Letter, 16 pages, 611 kB Copyright: Personal

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(Posted 2020-04-10) CPDL #57926:

Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2020-04-10). Score information: A4, 12 pages, 167 kB Copyright: CPDL

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General Information

Title: Hence, loathed melancholy
Composer: Henry Lahee
Lyricist: John Milton

Number of voices: 5vv Voicing: SSATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong

Language: English
Instruments: a cappella, or Keyboard acc.

First published: 1882 in Novello's Part-Song Book (2nd series), Vol. 15, no. 424
Description: The lyrics are from Milton's l'Allegro ed il Pensieroso. Winner of the 1878 Manchester Gentlemen's Glee Club Prize.

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Original text and translations

English text

Hence, loathed Melancholy,
Of Cerberus and blackest Midnight born,

But come, thou Goddess fair and free,
In Heav’n yclep’d Euphrosyne.

Haste thee, nymph, and bring with thee
Jest, and youthful jollity,
Quips, and cranks, and wanton wiles,
Nods, and becks, and wreathed smiles,

These delights, if thou canst give,
Mirth, with thee I mean to live.