For Agathon, in fighting fields (Thomas Norris)
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- Editor: Christopher Shaw (submitted 2010-08-08). Score information: Letter, 3 pages, 57 kB Copyright: Personal
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General Information
Title: For Agathon, in fighting fields
Composer: Thomas Norris
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: ATTB
Genre: Secular, Partsong
Language: English
Instruments: a cappella
Published: 1766
Description: From Warren's fifth collection of Catches, Canons and Glees (pub. 1766)
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Original text and translations
English text
For Agathon, in fighting fields renowned,
Abdera mourns his funeral pile around.
For him she mingles tears with bright applause,
Who nobly suffered in his country's cause.
No youth so brave, unknowing how to yield
E'er perished in the thunder of the field.