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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Title: For Agathon, in fighting fields
Composer: Thomas Norris

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: ATTB

Genre: SecularPartsong

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

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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.