Beneath the silent rural cell (Henry Harington)

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• (Posted 2019-08-11)  CPDL #55024: 

Editor: Christopher Shaw (submitted 2019-08-11).   Score information: A4, 1 page, 34 kB   Copyright: CC BY SA

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Title: Beneath the silent rural cell
Composer: Henry Harington
Lyricist: Anon, probably the composer^{create page}

Number of voices: 3vv   Voicing: TTB
Genre: Secular, Glee

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1780
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English text

Beneath the silent rural cell
Of innocence and peace,
With sage retirement let me dwell
And taste each home-felt bliss.

O let me pierce the secret shade
Cheered by the warbling woods,
Or woo the venerable maid
Lulled by the gliding floods.

Then learn, when noon of life is past,
To calmly meet my end,
And feel my setting sun at last
The grave unfeared descend.