Love and beauty (William Henry Bell)
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- (Posted 2020-08-04) CPDL #60019:
- Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2020-08-04). Score information: A4, 9 pages, 160 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: MusicXML source file(s) in compressed .mxl format.
General Information
Title: Love and beauty
Composer: William Henry Bell
Lyricist: Robert Greene
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong
Language: English
Instruments: Piano
First published: 1903 Novello's Part-songs (2nd series) no.915
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Original text and translations
{{Text|English| Pretty twinkling starry eyes, How did nature first devise Such a sparkling in your sight As to give Love such delight, As to make him like a fly, Play with looks until he die?
sure ye were not made at first For such mischief to be curst; As to kill affection's care That doth only truth declare; Where worth's wonders never wither, Love and Beauty live together.
Blessed eyes, then give your blessing, That in passion's best expressing; Love that only lives to grace ye, May not suffer pride deface ye; But in gentle thought's directions, Show the power of your perfections, Pretty sparkling starry eyes.