Breathe soft ye winds (William Paxton)
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General Information
Title: Breathe soft ye winds
Composer: William Paxton
Lyricist: Ambrose Philips
Number of voices: 3vv Voicing: TTB
Genre: Secular, Partsong
Language: English
Instruments: a cappella
Published: c.1775
Description: From "A Collection of Glees and Catches", London, c.1775 N.B. "Breathe soft ye winds" is often but erroneously attributed to Stephen Paxton, William's brother, also a 'cellist and writer of glees. The source of the confusion arises from the inclusion of six of William's glees in "A collection of glees and catches", the remainder (and sizeable majority) of which is devoted to Stephen's compositions.
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Original text and translations
English text
Breathe soft ye winds, ye waters gently flow;
Shield her ye trees, ye flowers around her grow.
Ye swains, I beg you, pass in silence by;
My love, in yonder vale, asleep doth lie.
