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O solitude, my sweetest choice: | O solitude, my sweetest choice: | ||
Places devoted to the night, | Places devoted to the night, | ||
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To finish all their sorrows here, | To finish all their sorrows here, | ||
When their hard fate makes them endure | When their hard fate makes them endure | ||
Such woes as only death can cure. | Such woes as only death can cure.}} | ||
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O, how I solitude adore! | O, how I solitude adore! | ||
That element of noblest wit, | That element of noblest wit, | ||
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Because it needs must hinder me | Because it needs must hinder me | ||
From seeing and from serving thee. | From seeing and from serving thee. | ||
O solitude, O how I solitude adore! | O solitude, O how I solitude adore!}} | ||
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Revision as of 19:11, 19 April 2015
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- Editor: Shaun Pirttijarvi (submitted 2013-08-18). Score information: A4, 4 pages, 65 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: For soprano solo in C minor. Please email if you would like a transposition.
General Information
Title: O solitude
Composer: Henry Purcell
Number of voices: 1v Voicing: Soprano solo
Genre: Secular, Art song
Language: English
Instruments: Basso continuo
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Original text and translations
English text O solitude, my sweetest choice: |
O, how I solitude adore! |