See the chariot at hand (William Horsley)

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• (Posted 2024-02-29)  CPDL #79323:     

Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2024-02-29).   Score information: Letter, 8 pages, 434 kB   Copyright: Personal

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General Information

Title: See the chariot at hand
Composer: William Horsley
Lyricist: Ben Jonson
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Glee, Partsong

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1848 Novello and Co.
Description: 

Original text and translations

English text

A Celebration of Charis: IV. Her Triumph

See the chariot at hand here of Love,
Wherein my lady rideth!
Each that draws is a swan or a dove,
And well the car Love guideth.
As she goes, all hearts do duty
Unto her beauty;
And enamour’d, do wish, so they might
But enjoy such a sight,
That they still were to run by her side,
Through swords, through seas, whither she would ride.

Have you seen but a bright lily grow,
Before rude hands have pluck’d it?
Ha’ you mark’d but the fall o’ the snow
Before the soil hath smutch’d it?
Ha’ you felt the wool o’ the beaver?
Or swan’s down ever?
Or have smelt o’ the bud o’ the briar?
Or the nard in the fire?
Or have tasted the bag of the bee?
Oh so white! Oh so soft! Oh so sweet is she!