This poet sings the Trojan wars (Anacreon's Defeat), Z 423 (Henry Purcell)
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CPDL #17135:
- Contributor: David Newman (Added 2008-6-08). Score information: A4, 7 pages, 248 kbytes Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Cross posting by Art Song Central - File Sizes: PDF: 248 KB
General Information
Title: Anacreon's Defeat
Composer: Henry Purcell
Lyricist: Unknown
Number of voices: 1v Voicing: Soprano Solo
Genre: Secular, song
Language: English
Instruments: Piano
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Original text and translations
English text
- This poet sings the Trojan wars,
- Another of the Theban jars,
- In rattling numbers, verse that dares.
- Whilst I, in soft and humble verse,
- My own captivities rehearse;
- I sing my own defeats, which are
- Not the events of common war.
- Not fleets at sea have vanquish’d me,
- Nor brigadiers, nor cavalry,
- Nor ranks and files of infantry.
- No, Anacreon still defies
- All your artillery companies
- Save those encamp’d in killing eyes;
- Each dart his mistress shoots, he dies.
Lyrics: Unknown Author