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Elegy on the death of Mr. Shenstone (Thomas Arne)
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- Editor: Christoph Lahme (submitted 2009-08-08). Score information: A4, 4 pages, 55 kbytes Copyright: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Germany
- Edition notes: Edition by ear.
General Information
Title: Elegy on the death of Mr. Shenstone
Composer: Thomas Arne
Lyricist: John Cunningham
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: TTBB
Genre: Secular, Partsong, Glee
Language: English
Instruments: a cappella
Published:
Description:
External websites:
- Wikipedia article (English)
- Wikipedia article (German)
Original text and translations
English text
Come shepards we’ll follow the hearse
We'll see our lov‘d Corrydon laid;
Tho' sorrow may blemish the verse
Yet let the soft tribute be paid.
They call'd him the pride of the plain,
In sooth he was gentle and kind;
He mark'd in his elegant strain
The grace that glow‘d in his mind.
No verdure shall cover the vale,
No bloom on the blossoms appear,
The sweets of the forest shall fail
And winter discolour the year.
No birds in our hedges shall sing
Our hedges so vocal before,
Since he that should welcome the spring
Can hail the gay season no more.
