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My breast I'll set upon a silver stream, | My breast I'll set upon a silver stream, | ||
and swim unto Elysium's lily fields: | and swim unto Elysium's lily fields: | ||
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Of all the woeful sighs my sorrow yields. | Of all the woeful sighs my sorrow yields. | ||
A heavy, sad and swanlike song sing I, | A heavy, sad and swanlike song sing I, | ||
To ease my heart awhile before I die. | To ease my heart awhile before I die.}} | ||
[[Category:Sheet music]] | [[Category:Sheet music]] | ||
[[Category:Renaissance music]] | [[Category:Renaissance music]] |
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- CPDL #25333: Capella
- Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2012-01-10). Score information: A4, 4 pages, 46 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Reformating of #9281.
- CPDL #09281: NoteWorthy Composer
- Editor: Brian Russell (submitted 2005-08-30). Score information: A4, 5 pages, 45 kB Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes:
- Possible error(s) identified. See the discussion page for full description.
General Information
Title: My breast I'll set upon a silver stream
Composer: John Ward
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Madrigal
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
Published:
Description:
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Original text and translations
English text
My breast I'll set upon a silver stream,
and swim unto Elysium's lily fields:
There in Ambrosian trees, I'll write a theme,
Of all the woeful sighs my sorrow yields.
A heavy, sad and swanlike song sing I,
To ease my heart awhile before I die.