A youth adorn'd with every art (Theodore Aylward)

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• (Posted 2023-08-14)  CPDL #74859: 

Editor: Christopher Shaw (submitted 2023-08-14).   Score information: A4, 5 pages, 282 kB   Copyright: CC BY SA

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Title: A youth adorn'd with every art
Composer: Theodore Aylward
Lyricist: David Mallet^{create page}
Number of voices: 2vv   Voicing: SS
Genre: Secular, Glee

Language: English
Instruments: Harpsichord, Violoncello The bass line is for either Violoncello or for Harpsichord (not both).

First published: c.1790 (n/d)
Description: From "Eight canzonets for two soprano voices, dedicated by permission to their Royal Highnesses Princess Augusta and Princess Elizabeth" (and, one assumes, intended for domestic performance by the Royal Family). The bass line is marked Violoncello or Harpsichord.

Original text and translations

English text

A youth, adorn'd with every art
To warm and win the coldest heart,
In secret mine possess'd:
The morning bud that fairest blows,
The vernal oak that straightest grows,
His face and shape express'd.

In moving sounds he told his tale,
Soft as the sighings of a gale
That wakes the flowing year.
What wonder he could charm with ease,
Whom happy Nature form'd to please,
Whom Love had made sincere?