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Title: Ianthe
Composer: William Jackson of Exeter
Lyricist: John Glanville^{create page}
Number of voices: 1v Voicing: solo high
Genre: Secular, Art song

Language: English
Instruments: String ensemble

First published: .1755 Twelve songs Op. 1
Description:

Original text and translations may be found at Ianthe.

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 ==Original text and translations==
-{{Text|English|
+{{LinkText|Ianthe}}
-Ianthe the lovely, the joy of her swain,
-By Iphis was loved, and loved Iphis again:
-She lived in the youth, and the youth in the fair,
-Their pleasure was equal, and equal their care.
-No delight, no enjoyment their dotage withdrew,
-But the longer they lived still the fonder they grew.
-A passion so happy alarmed all the plain,
-Some envied the nymph, but more envied the swain;
-Some swore 'twould be pity their love to invade,
-That the lovers alone for each other were made;
-But all, all consented that none ever knew
-A nymph be more kind, or a shepherd so true.
-Love saw them with pleasure and vowed to take care
-Of the faithful, the tender, the innocent pair;
-What either might want he bid either to move,
-But they wanted nothing but ever to love;
-He said all to bless them his godhead could do,
-And they still should be kind and they still should be true.}}
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