Sweet muse, who lov'st the virgin spring (John Danby)

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• (Posted 2022-02-07)  CPDL #67944: 

Editor: Christopher Shaw (submitted 2022-02-07).   Score information: A4, 3 pages, 68 kB   Copyright: CC BY SA

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Title: Sweet muse, who lov'st the virgin spring
Composer: John Danby
Lyricist: Anonymous
Number of voices: 3vv   Voicing: ATB
Genre: Secular, Glee

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1789
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English text

Sweet muse, who lov'st the virgin spring,
Hither thy sunny flow'rets bring,
And let thy richest chaplet shed
Its fragrance round my Delia's head.
O string the Lesbian lyre again;
Let all the sisters raise the strain
And consecrate to deathless fame
My loved, my Delia's honour'd name.