Hark! heard ye not (John Goss)

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• (Posted 2022-01-26)  CPDL #67761:         

Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2022-01-26).   Score information: A4, 10 pages, 245 kB   Copyright: CPDL

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General Information

Title: Hark! heard ye not
Composer: John Goss
Lyricist: H. Knapp^{create page}
Number of voices: 5vv   Voicing: ATTBB
Genre: Secular, Glee

Language: English
Instruments: Piano

First published: 1878 The Orpheus
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Original text and translations

English text

Hark! heard ye not that strange tumultuous sound,
That grates discordant on the startled ear?
Too faithful echo of a jarring world,
Where all the passions most degrading man
Are gendered, and break forth in insults, broils,
Loud uproar, rage infuriate, dire revenge.
But oh! thou lovely Peace, daughter of Heaven!
With look benign, and soul assuaging smile,
And clad in robes of purest white, descend,
And guide, oh guide me to some calm retreat.
Some high embowering shade, or sacred grove,
Like that of old, where oft, as poets tell,
Apollo to th'enraptured Muses played.