O friendship, thou balm (John Danby)

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• (Posted 2022-01-17)  CPDL #67611: 

Editor: Christopher Shaw (submitted 2022-01-17).   Score information: A4, 3 pages, 157 kB   Copyright: CC BY SA

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Title: O friendship, thou balm
Composer: John Danby
Lyricist: Alexander Pope
Number of voices: 5vv   Voicing: SATBB
Genre: Secular, Glee

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1785
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Original text and translations

English text

O friendship, thou balm and rich sweet'ner of life,
Kind parent of ease and composer of strife,
Without thee, alas, what are riches and pow'r,
But empty delusions, the joys of an hour.