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To be gazing on those charms (Richard John Samuel Stevens)
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- Edition notes: Includes a keyboard reduction of the a cappella choral score. Scorch and PDF options available.
General Information
Title: To be gazing on those charms
Composer: Richard John Samuel Stevens
Number of voices: 5vv Voicing: ATTTB
Genre: Secular, Partsong
Language: English
Instruments: a cappella
Published: 1789
Description: Submitted by Stevens as candidate for the Catch Club's gold medal in 1789.
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Original text and translations
English text
To be gazing on those charms,
To enfold thee in these arms,
From those lips to hear thy vow,
With ecstatic sweetness flow;
To be loved by one so fair
Is to be blest beyond compare.
At that bosom's gentle shrine,
To confess what glows in mine;
In those heavenly eyes to view,
That confession dear to you;
To be loved by one so fair
Is to be blest beyond compare.



