O friendship, thou balm (John Danby)
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- Editor: Christopher Shaw (submitted 2022-01-17). Score information: A4, 3 pages, 157 kB Copyright: CC BY SA
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Title: O friendship, thou balm
Composer: John Danby
Lyricist: Alexander Pope
Number of voices: 5vv Voicing: SATBB
Genre: Secular, Glee
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1785
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Original text and translations
English text
O friendship, thou balm and rich sweet'ner of life,
Kind parent of ease and composer of strife,
Without thee, alas, what are riches and pow'r,
But empty delusions, the joys of an hour.