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{{Text|English | How vaine the toyles that mortall men doe take | ||
to hoord up gold that time doth turne to drosse, | |||
How vaine the toyles that mortall men doe take | forgetting him who onely for their sake, | ||
to hoord up gold that time doth turne to drosse, | his precious bloud did shed upon the Crosse. | ||
forgetting him who onely for their sake, | And taught us all in heaven to hoord our treasure, | ||
his precious bloud did shed upon the Crosse. | where true encrease doth grow above all measure.}} | ||
And taught us all in heaven to hoord our treasure, | |||
where true encrease doth grow above all measure. | |||
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- CPDL #18306:
Sibelius 4
- Editor: David Fraser (submitted 2008-11-17). Score information: A4, 5 pages, 95 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes:
General Information
Title: How vain the toils
Composer: William Byrd
Number of voices: 1v Voicing: A
Genre: Sacred, Consort song
Language: English
Instruments: 2 treble, 2 tenor & bass viols
Published: Psalmes, Songs, & Sonnets... (1611) no. 32.
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Original text and translations
English text
How vaine the toyles that mortall men doe take
to hoord up gold that time doth turne to drosse,
forgetting him who onely for their sake,
his precious bloud did shed upon the Crosse.
And taught us all in heaven to hoord our treasure,
where true encrease doth grow above all measure.