Down from above (Thomas Bateson)
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Title: Down from above
Composer: Thomas Bateson
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Madrigal
Language: English
Instruments: a cappella
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Original text and translations
English text
Down from above falls Jove in rain,
Into fair Danae's lap amain,
She starts thereat, she starts thereat,
Yet lamblike still,
At last performeth all his will,
Both high and low such golden gifts,
Will put their conscience to the shift.



