Obscure, unprized and dark (John Danby)
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- Editor: Christopher Shaw (submitted 2022-01-17). Score information: A4, 6 pages, 102 kB Copyright: CC BY SA
- Edition notes: Includes a keyboard reduction of the a cappella choral score. Please click on the link for preview/playback/PDF download.
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Title: Obscure, unprized and dark
Composer: John Danby
Lyricist: Claudian (trans. Samuel Johnson)create page
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Glee
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1798
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English text
Obscure, unpriz'd and dark the magnet lies,
Nor lures the search of avaricious eyes,
Nor binds the neck, nor sparkles in the hair,
Nor dignifies the great, nor decks the fair.
But search the numbers of the dusky stone
And own all glories of the mine outdone:
Each grace of form, each ornament of state
That decks the fair, or dignifies the great.