Diaphenia (Charles Villiers Stanford)
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- CPDL #27943: Sibelius 7
- Editor: Ian Haslam (submitted 2013-01-01). Score information: A4, 6 pages, 86 kB Copyright: CPDL
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Title: Diaphenia
Composer: Charles Villiers Stanford
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
Published: 1892
Description: Originally published by Novello. Piece is No 3 of Six Elizabethan Pastorals Op.49.
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Original text and translations
English text
Diaphenia, like the daffadowndilly,
White as the sun, fair as the lily,
Heigh ho, how I do love thee!
I do love thee as my lambs
Are belovèd of their dams:
How blest were I if thou would'st prove me.
Diaphenia, like the spreading roses,
That in thy sweets all sweets encloses,
Fair sweet, how I do love thee!
I do love thee as each flower
Loves the sun's life-giving power;
For dead, thy breath to life might move me.
Diaphenia, like to all things blessèd,
When all thy praises are expressèd,
Dear joy, how I do love thee!
As the birds do love the spring,
Or the bees their careful king;
Then in requite, sweet virgin, love me!