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- Editor: Shaun Pirttijarvi (submitted 2013-08-18). Score information: A4, 3 pages, 63 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: For soprano in C minor. Please email if you would like a transposition.
- Contributor: David Newman (submitted 2008-06-10). Score information: A4, 8 pages, 269 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes:
General Information
Title: Sweeter Than Roses
Composer: Henry Purcell
Lyricist: Unknown
Number of voices: 1v Voicing: Soprano solo
Genre: Secular, Art song
Language: English
Instruments: Piano
First published: 1695 in Six Songs by Henry Purcell
Description: Originally part of the incidental music to Pausanias, the Betrayer of his Country.
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Original text and translations
English text
Sweeter than roses, or cool evening breeze
On a warm flowery shore, was the dear kiss,
First trembling made me freeze,
Then shot like fire all oβer.
What magic has victorious love!
For all I touch or see since that dear kiss,
I hourly prove, all is love to me.