Happy the man (Ode to solitude) (Joseph Baildon)
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- (Posted 2016-12-01) CPDL #42156:
- Editor: Christopher Shaw (submitted 2016-12-01). Score information: A4, 5 pages, 78 kB Copyright: Personal
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Title: Happy the man (Ode to solitude)
Composer: Joseph Baildon
Lyricist: Alexander Pope
Number of voices: 3vv Voicing: ATB
Genre: Secular, Glee
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
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English text
<poem>Lyrics: Alexander Pope
Happy the man, whose wish and care A few paternal acres bound, Content to breathe his native air, In his own ground.
Whose herds with milk, whose fields with bread, Whose flocks supply him with attire, Whose trees in summer yield him shade, In winter fire.
Blest! who can unconcern'dly find Hours, days, and years slide soft away, In health of body, peace of mind, Quiet by day,
Sound sleep by night; study and ease Together mix'd; sweet recreation, And innocence, which most does please, With meditation.
Thus let me live, unseen, unknown; Thus unlamented let me die; Steal from the world, and not a stone Tell where I lye. </poem