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'''Description:''' from "A collection of glees, catches and canons composed by Benjamin Cooke, organist of Westminster Abbey". London, c.1780 | '''Description:''' from "A collection of glees, catches and canons composed by Benjamin Cooke, organist of Westminster Abbey". London, c.1780 | ||
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- CPDL #16468:
- Editor: Christopher Shaw (submitted 2008-05-15). Score information: A4, 4 pages Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes: Includes a keyboard reduction of the a cappella choral score. Please click on the link for preview/playback/PDF download.
- CPDL #11517:
(Sibelius 4)
- Editor: Robert Nottingham (submitted 2006-04-20). Score information: A4, 2 pages, 61 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes:
General Information
Title: Epitaph on a Dormouse
Composer: Benjamin Cooke
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Madrigal
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
Description: from "A collection of glees, catches and canons composed by Benjamin Cooke, organist of Westminster Abbey". London, c.1780
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Original text and translations
English text
In paper case, hard by this place,
Dead a poor dormouse lies;
And soon or late, summon'd by fate,
Each prince, each monarch dies.
Ye sons of verse, while we rehearse,
Attend instructive rhyme;
No sins had Dor to answer for:
Repent of yours in time.