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Goddess excellently bright.}}==External links== | Goddess excellently bright.}} | ||
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Latest revision as of 00:25, 27 September 2023
General information
Lyricist: Ben Jonson.
Settings by composers
- Josiah Booth SATB
- Mark Chapman SAB
- Henry Thomas Smart SATB
- Berthold Tours SATB
Texts and Translations
English text
1 Queen and huntress, chaste and fair,
Now the sun is laid to sleep,
Seated in thy silver chair,
State in wonted manner keep:
Hesperus entreats thy light,
Goddess excellently bright.
2 Earth, let not thy envious shade
Dare itself to interpose;
Cynthia's shining orb was made
Heaven to clear when day did close:
Bless us then with wishèd sight,
Goddess excellently bright.
3 Lay thy bow of pearl apart,
And thy crystal-shining quiver;
Give unto the flying hart
Space to breathe, how short soever;
Thou that mak'st a day of night,
Goddess excellently bright.