Beneath a weight of hapless love (Benjamin Cooke)
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- Editor: Christopher Shaw (submitted 2019-08-27). Score information: A4, 4 pages, 59 kB Copyright: Personal
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Title: Beneath a weight of hapless love
Composer: Benjamin Cooke
Lyricist: Anon, probably the composercreate page
Number of voices: 5vv Voicing: SSATB
Genre: Secular, Glee
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1775
Warren's Collection of vocal harmony
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Original text and translations
English text
Beneath a weight of hapless love,
How weak does ev'ry effort prove,
When struggling to get free.
In vain against love's pointed darts,
The tender soul its fires exerts
And pants for liberty.