O sacred solitude (Philip Hayes)

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• (Posted 2022-03-06)  CPDL #68279: 

Editor: Christopher Shaw (submitted 2022-03-06).   Score information: A4, 2 pages, 148 kB   Copyright: CC BY SA

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Title: O sacred solitude
Composer: Philip Hayes
Lyricist: Edward Young
Number of voices: 3vv   Voicing: TTB
Genre: Secular, Glee

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1786 The Muses' Fancy
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Original text and translations

English text

O sacred solitude! Divine retreat!
Choice of the prudent! envy of the great!
By thy pure stream, or in thy waving shade,
We court fair wisdom, that celestial maid:
The genuine offspring of her lov'd embrace
(Strangers on earth!) are innocence and peace:
There, from the ways of men laid safe ashore,
We smile to hear the distant tempest roar;
There, blest with health, with business unperplex'd,
This life we relish, and ensure the next.