Sweet bird (Philip Hayes)

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Editor: Christopher Shaw (submitted 2022-03-06).   Score information: A4, 2 pages, 149 kB   Copyright: CC BY SA
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Title: Sweet bird
Composer: Philip Hayes
Lyricist: Anonymous
Number of voices: 3vv   Voicing: TTB
Genre: SecularGlee

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

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

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Sweet bird, that charm'st the hour of eve,
Still mindful of thy ancient wrong,
Whilst list'ning fairies learn to grieve,
And pay with tears thy plaintive song;
What echo sweet these shades along
Shall kindly bear thy distant strain;
Where Laura, while its sounds convey
Soft pity for thy tender pain,
Ah! envied bird, shall bless thy lay.
"Sing on, sweet bird", the maid shall say;
"Cease, cruel maid", the fays return,
Nor strains of nearer grief despise;
Echo a sadder tale shall learn:
Thy poet loves and weeps and dies.