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{{Descr|Corfe, a tenor, sang as a soloist in Handel's oratorios in the 1740s. Any similarity to Handel's style (and in particular to the opening phrase of "Total eclipse" (Samson) is probably fortuitous.
{{Descr|Corfe, a tenor, sang as a soloist in Handel's oratorios in the 1730s-'40s. Any similarity to Handel's style (and in particular to the opening phrase of "Total eclipse" (Samson)) is probably fortuitous.
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==Original text and translations==
==Original text and translations==
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Title: Fill me a bowl
Composer: James Corfe
Lyricist: John Oldhamcreate page
Number of voices: 1v   Voicing: T

Genre: SecularAria

Language: English
Instruments: basso continuo

First published: c.1745 in A Collection of songs
Description: Corfe, a tenor, sang as a soloist in Handel's oratorios in the 1730s-'40s. Any similarity to Handel's style (and in particular to the opening phrase of "Total eclipse" (Samson)) is probably fortuitous.


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Original text and translations

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Large as my capacious soul;
Vast as my thirst is, let it have
Depth enough to be my grave:
I mean the grave of all my care,
For I design to bury it there.
Let it of silver fashion'd be,
Worthy of wine, worthy of me;
Worthy to adorn the spheres,
As that bright cup amongst the stars.