Thyrsis, the music of that murm'ring spring (John Sale)

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• (Posted 2022-04-02)  CPDL #68711: 

Editor: Christopher Shaw (submitted 2022-04-02).   Score information: A4, 2 pages, 187 kB   Copyright: CC BY SA

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Title: Thyrsis, the music of that murm'ring spring
Composer: John Sale
Lyricist: Alexander Pope
Number of voices: 3vv   Voicing: SSB
Genre: Secular, Glee

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: c.1800 (n/d)
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Original text and translations

English text

Thyrsis, the music of that murm'ring spring
Is not so mournful as the strains you sing.
Nor rivers, winding thro' the vales below,
So sweetly warble, or so smoothly flow.

Now sleeping flocks on their soft fleeces lie,
The moon, serene in glory, mounts the sky;
While silent birds forget their tuneful lays.
O sing of Daphne's love and Daphne's praise.