Nymphs of the forest (William Horsley)
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- Editor: Christopher Shaw (submitted 2021-01-04). Score information: A4, 3 pages, 158 kB Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes: Please click on the link for preview/playback/PDF download.
General Information
Title: Nymphs of the forest
Composer: William Horsley
Lyricist: William Drummond of Hawthornden
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: ATTB
Genre: Secular, Glee
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1815
Description: Horsley's misattribution of his text to Michael Drayton has been corrected.
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Original text and translations
English text
Nymphs of the forest, nymphs who on this mountain
Are wont to dance, shewing your beauty's treasure,
To goat-feet sylvans and the wond'ring sun,
When, as you gather flow'rs about this fountain,
Bid her farewell, who placed here her pleasure,
And sing her praises to the stars and moon.