Thyrsis, belov'd of all the plain (Elizabeth Turner)

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• (Posted 2024-03-06)  CPDL #79406: 

Editor: Christopher Shaw (submitted 2024-03-06).   Score information: A4, 3 pages, 351 kB   Copyright: CC BY SA

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Title: Thyrsis, belov'd of all the plain
Composer: Elizabeth Turner
Lyricist: The words by a lady^{create page}
Number of voices: 1v   Voicing: solo high
Genre: Secular, Aria

Language: English
Instruments: Basso continuo,violin

First published: 1756
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English text

Thyrsis, belov'd of all the plain,
A lovely, kind and blithesome swain,
Till first he saw fair Jessy's eyes;
And now the swain for Jessy dies.
To silent groves, thus did he cry,
Must Thyrsis for sweet Jessy die?
Say, will she use me with disdain,
And must I live to love in vain?

But why should I still sigh and moan,
And not to her my passion own?
How can I think her heart to move,
Before she knows how much I love?
On wings of love I'll fly and tell
Fair Jessy all the pangs I feel.
Should she be kind and pity me,
For ever bless'd will Thyrsis be.