Phillis (Charles Hubert Hastings Parry): Difference between revisions
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Phillis, a herd maid dainty, | |||
Who hath no peer for beauty, | |||
By Thyrsis was requested | |||
To hear the wrongs wherewith his heart was wrested. | |||
But she Diana served, | |||
And would not hear how love poor lovers sterved. | |||
Phillis more white than lilies, | |||
More fair than Amaryllis, | |||
More cold than crystal fountain, | |||
More hard than craggy rock or stony mountain, | |||
O tiger fierce and spiteful, | |||
Why hatest thou love, sith love is so delightful.}} | |||
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[[Category:Romantic music]] | [[Category:Romantic music]] | ||
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- (Posted 2016-04-29) CPDL #39453:
Capella
- Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2016-04-29). Score information: A4, 5 pages, 84 kB Copyright: CPDL
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General Information
Title: Phillis
Composer: Charles Hubert Hastings Parry
Lyricist: Anonymous
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong
Language: English
Instruments: Keyboard
Published: 1898
Description: Eight Four-part Songs (1898) No.1
- Phillis
- O Love, they wrong thee much
- At her fair hands (Robert Jones)
- Home of My Heart (Arthur Benson)
- You gentle nymphs
- Come pretty wag
- Ye thrilled me once (Robert Seymour Bridges)
- Better music ne'er were known (Francis Beaumont and Fletcher)
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Original text and translations
English Phillis, a herd maid dainty, Who hath no peer for beauty, By Thyrsis was requested To hear the wrongs wherewith his heart was wrested. But she Diana served, And would not hear how love poor lovers sterved.
Phillis more white than lilies, More fair than Amaryllis, More cold than crystal fountain, More hard than craggy rock or stony mountain, O tiger fierce and spiteful, Why hatest thou love, sith love is so delightful. text[[Category:English Phillis, a herd maid dainty, Who hath no peer for beauty, By Thyrsis was requested To hear the wrongs wherewith his heart was wrested. But she Diana served, And would not hear how love poor lovers sterved.
Phillis more white than lilies, More fair than Amaryllis, More cold than crystal fountain, More hard than craggy rock or stony mountain, O tiger fierce and spiteful, Why hatest thou love, sith love is so delightful. texts]]