Love thou art best of Humane Joys (Henry Purcell)
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- Editor: William Long (added 2008-03-18). Score information: Letter, 5 pages, 120 kbytes Copyright: Personal
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General Information
Title: Love thou art best of Humane Joys
Composer: Henry Purcell
Number of voices: 2vv Voicing: Soprano Duet
Genre: Secular, Aria
Language: Latin
Instruments: Bass continuo
Published: 1693
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Original text and translations
English text
Love thou art best of Humane Joys;
Our chiefest happiness below;
All other Pleasures are but Toys,
Musick without that is but Noise
and Beauty but an empty show.
Heaven who knew best what Men cou'd move,
And raise his thoughts above the Brute;
Said let him Love;
That, that, that alone,
must his Soul improve;
Howe'er Philosophers dispute.
