The monument of Queen Elizabeth (James Hook)
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CPDL #15306: 
- Editor: Christopher Shaw (submitted 2007-11-04). Score information: A4, 3 pages Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes: Scorch and PDF options available.
General Information
Title: The monument of Queen Elizabeth
Composer: James Hook
Number of voices: 3vv Voicing: TTT
Genre: Secular, Partsong
Language: English
Instruments: a cappella
Published: c.1800
Description: Elizabeth was buried in Westminster Abbey. The wax effigy carried on her funeral hearse was remade in 1760, and can today be found in the Abbey Museum. I have transferred the format of this catch to modern notation. The meaning is unaltered. Naughty Mr Hook (one of Jane Austen's favourite composers).
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Original text and translations
English text
The body of great Elizabeth lies here
to Britons’ foes the scourge,
to Britons dear up to her chin,
up to her chin in ruff the waxen figure stands
grasping the globe and sceptre with both hands
interred beneath this place the body lies
but well earned, fame and honour never dies
to name her great exploits would be absurd,
there she stands in wax and here she lies interred.