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'''Lyricist:''' [[Ben Jonson]] | '''Lyricist:''' [[Ben Jonson]], from the play, ''Cynthia's Revels''. | ||
==Settings by composers== | ==Settings by composers== | ||
*[[Slow, slow, fresh fount (Jon Corelis)| Jon Corelis]] S solo, with wind ensemble | *[[Slow, slow, fresh fount (Jon Corelis)| Jon Corelis]] S solo, with wind ensemble |
Revision as of 14:19, 1 May 2020
General information
Lyricist: Ben Jonson, from the play, Cynthia's Revels.
Settings by composers
- Jon Corelis S solo, with wind ensemble
- William Horsley SATB (text variations from Ben Jonson shown in brackets).
Text and translations
English text
Slow, slow, fresh fount, keep time with my salt tears;
Yet slower, yet; O faintly[fainter] gentle springs:
List to the heavy part the music bears,
Woe weeps out her division, when she sings.
Droop herbs and flowers;
Fall grief in showers;
Our beauties are[beauty is] not ours;
O, I could still,
Like melting snow upon some craggy hill,
Drop, drop, drop, drop,[Fall down, fall down, fall down,]
Since nature's[summer’s] pride is, now, a withered daffodil.