When Nature formed that angel face (Samuel Webbe)

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• (Posted 2022-01-03)  CPDL #67374: 

Editor: Christopher Shaw (submitted 2022-01-03).   Score information: A4, 2 pages, 128 kB   Copyright: CC BY SA

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Title: When Nature formed that angel face
Composer: Samuel Webbe
Lyricist: Anonymous
Number of voices: 5vv   Voicing: SATTB
Genre: Secular, Glee

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1784
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English text

When Nature formed that angel face
She lavished all her power;
"Be this", she cried, "my masterpiece,
Kneel mortals, and adore".