Love thou art best of human joys, Z 596/1 (Henry Purcell)
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CPDL #16383: 
- Editor: William Long (added 2008-03-18). Score information: Letter, 5 pages, 120 kbytes Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes: Transposed from g minor to f minor.
General Information
Title: Love thou art best of Humane Joys
Composer: Henry Purcell
Number of voices: 2vv Voicing: SS
Genre: Secular, Aria
Language: English
Instruments: basso continuo
Published: 1693
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Original text and translations
English text
Love thou art best of Humane Joys;
Our chiefest happiness below;
All other Pleasures are but Toys,
Musick without that is but Noise
and Beauty but an empty show.
Heaven who knew best what Men cou'd move,
And raise his thoughts above the Brute;
Said let him Love;
That, that, that alone,
must his Soul improve;
Howe'er Philosophers dispute.