Crowned with flowers (William Byrd)
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- Editor: David Fraser (submitted 2004-11-09). Score information: A4, 5 pages, 128 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Revised Nov 08, correcting a number of errors.
General Information
Title: Crowned with flowers
Composer: William Byrd
Number of voices: 5vv Voicing: SATTB
Genre: Secular, Partsong
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1611 in Psalmes, Songs, and Sonnets, no. 22
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Original text and translations
English text
Crowned with flowres I saw faire Amarillis
by Thirsis sit, hard by a fount of Christall
And with her hand more white then snow or Lillies
On sand shee wrote, my faith shall be immortall
And sodainely a storme of winde and weather
Blew all her faith and sand away together.