In Crystal Towers (William Byrd)

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• CPDL #18156:

Editor: David Fraser (submitted 2008-10-15).   Score information: A4, 3 pages, 95 kbytes    Copyright: CPDL

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General Information

Title: In Crystal Towers
Composer: William Byrd
Lyricist: Geoffrey Whitney (c.1548 - c.1601), from A Choice of Emblemes (1586)

Number of voices: 3vv   Voicing: SST
Genre: Secular, Partsong

Language: English
Instruments: a cappella
Published: Psalmes, Songs, and Sonnets... (1611), no.8

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Original text and translations

English text

In Christall Towres, and turrets richly set,
With glittring gems, that shine against the Sunne,
In regall roomes of Jasper and of Jet,
Content of minde not alwayes likes to woon:
But oftentimes it pleaseth her to stay,
In simple cotes enclosde with wals of clay.