Ne'er let the sun (Orlando Gibbons)
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- (Posted 2017-10-30) CPDL #47129:
- Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2017-10-30). Score information: A4, 5 pages, 72 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Reformatting of the second part of #30292, with minor adjustments to slurring. Musica ficta are editorial. See Nay let me weep.
General Information
Title: Ne'er let the sun
Composer: Orlando Gibbons
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 5vv Voicing: SATTB
Genre: Secular, Madrigal
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
{{Published}} is obsolete (code commented out), replaced with {{Pub}} for works and {{PubDatePlace}} for publications. No. 18 from the The First Set of Madrigals and Mottets
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Original text and translations
English text
Ne'er let the sun with his deceiving light,
Seek to make glad these wat'ry eyes of mine,
My sorrow suits with melancholy night,
I joy in dole, in languishment I pine,
My dearest friend is set, he was my sun,
With whom my mirth, my joy, and all is done.