On Chloe Sleeping (Thomas Arne)
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- Editor: Christopher Shaw (submitted 2023-11-07). Score information: A4, 2 pages, 296 kB Copyright: CC BY SA
- Edition notes: Please click on the link for preview/playback/PDF download. This edition includes the original instrumental accompaniment.
- Editor: Christopher Shaw (submitted 2023-11-07). Score information: A4, 2 pages, 126 kB Copyright: CC BY SA
- Edition notes: Please click on the link for preview/playback/PDF download. This edition includes a keyboard reduction of the original instrumental accompaniment.
General Information
Title: On Chloe Sleeping
Composer: Thomas Arne
Lyricist: William Shakespeare (adapted)
Number of voices: 1v Voicing: solo high
Genre: Secular, Aria
Language: English
Instruments: Basso continuo,Violin
First published: 1748
Description: The setting of a text (adapted by Arne) from The Rape of Lucrece, probably written for performance at Vauxhall.
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Original text and translations
English text
One of her hands one rosy cheek lay under,
Coz'ning the pillow of a lawful kiss,
Which therefore swell'd and seem'd to part asunder,
As angry to be robb'd of such a bliss.
The one look'd pale, and for revenge did long
While t'other blush'd, 'cause it had done the wrong.
Out of the bed the other fair hand was,
On a green satin quilt, whose perfect white
Look'd like a daisy in a field of grass,
And appeared like unmelt snow unto the sight;
So lay this pretty fair one safe to keep
Her lovely form that there lay fast asleep.