O sacred friendship, heaven's delight (Benjamin Cooke)

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• (Posted 2019-08-27)  CPDL #55187: 

Editor: Christopher Shaw (submitted 2019-08-27).   Score information: A4, 5 pages, 86 kB   Copyright: Personal

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Title: O sacre friendship, heaven's delight
Composer: Benjamin Cooke
Lyricist: Miguel de Cervantes^{create page}

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB

Genre: Secular, Glee

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1775
Warren's Collection of vocal harmony

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English text

O sacred friendship, heaven's delight,
Who, tired with man's unequal mind,
Took to thy native skies thy flight
While scarce thy shadow's left behind;
From thee, diffusive good below,
Peace and her train of joys we trace,
But falsehood, with dissembled show,
Too oft usurps thy sacred place.

Blessed genius, then resume thy seat;
Destroy imposture and deceit,
Which in thy dress confound the ball.
Harmonious peace and truth renew,
Shew the false friendship from the true,
Or nature must to chaos fall.