Cupid no more shall give me grief (John Dyne)
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- Editor: Christopher Shaw (submitted 2023-10-17). Score information: A4, 3 pages, 208 kB Copyright: CC BY SA
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Title: Cupid no more shall give me grief
Composer: John Dyne
Lyricist: Henry Carey
Number of voices: 3vv Voicing: TTB
Genre: Secular, Glee
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1772 Warren's ninth collection
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Original text and translations
English text
Cupid no more shall give me grief,
Or anxious cares oppress my soul,
While gen'rous Bacchus gives relief,
And drowns 'em in a flowing bowl.
Celia, thy scorn I now despise,
Thy boasted empire I disown;
This takes the brightness from thy eyes
And makes it sparkle in my own.