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Such a sparkling in your sight | Such a sparkling in your sight | ||
As to give Love such delight, | As to give Love such delight, | ||
As to make him like a fly, | As to make him like a fly, | ||
Play with looks until he die? | Play with looks until he die? | ||
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Blessed eyes, then give your blessing, | Blessed eyes, then give your blessing, | ||
That in passion's best expressing; | That in passion's best expressing; | ||
Love that only lives to grace ye, | Love that only lives to grace ye, | ||
May not suffer pride deface ye; | May not suffer pride deface ye; | ||
But in gentle thought's directions, | But in gentle thought's directions, | ||
Show the power of your perfections, | Show the power of your perfections, | ||
Pretty sparkling starry eyes.}} | Pretty sparkling starry eyes.}} |
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- Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2020-08-04). Score information: A4, 9 pages, 160 kB Copyright: CPDL
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General Information
Title: Love and beauty
Composer: William Henry Bell
Lyricist: Robert Greene
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong
Language: English
Instruments: Piano
First published: 1903 Novello's Part-songs (2nd series) no.915
Description:
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Original text and translations
English text
Pretty twinkling starry eyes,
How did nature first devise
Such a sparkling in your sight
As to give Love such delight,
As to make him like a fly,
Play with looks until he die?
sure ye were not made at first
For such mischief to be curst;
As to kill affection's care
That doth only truth declare;
Where worth's wonders never wither,
Love and Beauty live together.
Blessed eyes, then give your blessing,
That in passion's best expressing;
Love that only lives to grace ye,
May not suffer pride deface ye;
But in gentle thought's directions,
Show the power of your perfections,
Pretty sparkling starry eyes.