Underneath this myrtle shade (Jonathan Battishill)
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- (Posted 2022-11-04) CPDL #71405:
- Editor: Christopher Shaw (submitted 2022-11-04). Score information: A4, 5 pages, 280 kB Copyright: CC BY SA
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Title: Underneath this myrtle shade
Composer: Jonathan Battishill
Lyricist: Abraham Cowley
Number of voices: 3vv Voicing: ATB
Genre: Secular, Glee
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
First published: c.1775 (n/d)
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Original text and translations
English text
Underneath this myrtle shade,
On flowerly beds supinely laid,
With od'rous oils my head o'erflowing,
And around it roses growing,
What should I do but drink away
The heat and troubles of the day?
In this more than kingly state
Love himself on me shall wait.
Fill to me, Love! nay, fill it up!
And mingled cast into the cup
Wit and mirth and noble fires,
Vigorous health and gay desires.
Crown me with roses whilst I live,
Now your wines and ointments give:
After death I nothing crave,
Let me alive my pleasures have:
All are Stoics in the grave.