Crowned with flowers (William Byrd)

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• CPDL #8490:

Editor: David Fraser (submitted 2004-11-09).   Score information: A4, 5 pages, 128 kB    Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Revised Nov 08, correcting a number of errors

General Information

Title: Crowned with flowers
Composer: William Byrd
Number of voices: 5vv   Voicing: SATTB

Genre: Secular, Partsong

Language: English
Instruments: a cappella
Published: Psalmes, Songs, and Sonnets... (1611), no.22

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Original text and translations

English text

Crowned with flowres I saw faire Amarillis,
by Thirsis sit, hard by a fount of Christall,
And with her hand more white then snow or Lillies,
On sand shee wrote, my faith shall be immortall,
And sodainely a storme of winde and weather,
Blew all her faith and sand away together.