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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General Information

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!