In pity Celia, to my pain (Elizabeth Turner)
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- (Posted 2023-10-04) CPDL #76037:
- Editor: Christopher Shaw (submitted 2023-10-04). Score information: A4, 3 pages, 329 kB Copyright: CC BY SA
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Title: In pity Celia, to my pain
Composer: Elizabeth Turner
Lyricist: Anonymous
Number of voices: 1v Voicing: solo high
Genre: Secular, Aria
Language: English
Instruments: Basso continuo, violin
First published: 1756
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Original text and translations
English text
In pity, Celia, to my pain,
No more my heart reprove;
Nor let the blasts of cold disdain
Destroy my rising love.
When first the springing flow'r appears
And shews its infant head,
Each gentlest wind it shiv'ring fears
And courts the gardener's aid.
My love too, yet but newly blown,
Must die for want of care;
'Tis yours, as you the seeds have sown
To save the flow'rs they bear.
No longer then, with rigid brow,
Perplex my faithful mind;
Since love, you see, and justice too,
Expects you to be kind.