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We the Spirits of the air (Henry Purcell)
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General Information
Title: We the Spirits of the Air
Composer: Henry Purcell
Number of voices: 2vv Voicing: SS
Genre: Secular, Aria
Language: English
Instruments: Basso continuo
Published: 1695
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Original text and translations
English text
We the Spirits of the air
that of humane things take care;
Out of pity now descend,
To forewarn what woes attend.
Greatness clog'd with scorn decays,
with the slave no Empire stays.
Cease to languish then in vain,
since never to be lov'd again.
Categories: SS | Secular music | Arias | Basso continuo | English texts | Texts | Sheet music | Baroque music
