Celia has a thousand charms, Z 609 (Henry Purcell)

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• (Posted 2008-06-10)  CPDL #17167: 

Contributor: David Newman (submitted 2008-06-10).  Score information: Letter, 5 pages, 172 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

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Title: Celia has a Thousand Charms
Composer: Henry Purcell
Lyricist: Robert Gould

Number of voices: 1v   Voicing: Soprano solo
Genre: Secular, Art song

Language: English
Instruments: Piano

First published:
Description: From the publication "Six Songs by Henry Purcell". Part of the incidental music for The Rival Sisters or The Violence of Love (1695)

Original text and translations

English text

Celia has a thousand charms:
'Tis heaven within her arms.
While I stand gazing on her face
Some new and some resistless Grace
Fill with fresh magic all the place.
But while the nymph I thus adore,
I should my wretched fate deplore.
But, oh, Mirtillo, have a care,
Her sweetness is beyond compare.
But then she’s false as well as fair.
Have a care, Mirtillo, have a care.