To be gazing on those charms (Richard John Samuel Stevens)

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• (Posted 2008-01-08)  CPDL #15304: 

Editor: Christopher Shaw (submitted 2008-01-08).   Score information: A4, 3 pages   Copyright: CC BY SA

Edition notes: Includes a keyboard reduction of the a cappella choral score. Please click on the link for preview/playback/PDF download.

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Title: To be gazing on those charms
Composer: Richard John Samuel Stevens

Number of voices: 5vv   Voicing: ATTTB
Genre: Secular, Glee

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1789
Description: Submitted by Stevens as candidate for the Catch Club's gold medal in 1789.

Original text and translations

English text

To be gazing on those charms,
To enfold thee in these arms,
From those lips to hear thy vow,
With ecstatic sweetness flow;
To be loved by one so fair
Is to be blest beyond compare.

At that bosom's gentle shrine,
To confess what glows in mine;
In those heavenly eyes to view,
That confession dear to you;
To be loved by one so fair
Is to be blest beyond compare.