Solace of life (Samuel Arnold)
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- (Posted 2012-01-10) CPDL #25326:
- Editor: Christopher Shaw (submitted 2012-01-10). Score information: A4, 7 pages, 111 kB Copyright: CC BY SA
- Edition notes: Please click on the link for preview/playback/PDF download.
General Information
Title: Solace of life
Composer: Samuel Arnold
Number of voices: 3vv Voicing: ATB
Genre: Secular, Glee
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
First published:
Description: From Warren's fourteenth Collection of Catches, Canons and Glees.
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Original text and translations
English text
Solace of life, my sweet companion lyre,
On this fair poplar bough I'll hang thee high,
While the gay fields all soft delights inspire,
And not one cloud deforms the smiling sky.
But see - what sudden gloom obscures the air,
What falling show'rs impetuous change the day,
Let's rise my lyre, ah, pleasure false as fair,
How faithless are thy charms, how short thy stay.