First shall the heavens want starry light (Herbert Walter Wareing)

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• (Posted 2023-12-15)  CPDL #78250:     

Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-12-15).   Score information: Letter, 12 pages, 493 kB   Copyright: Personal

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Title: First shall the heavens want starry light
Composer: Herbert Walter Wareing
Lyricist: Thomas Lodge
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB, divisi
Genre: Secular, Partsong

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1908 H. W. Gray
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English text

MONTANUS’ FANCY

First shall the heavens want starry light,
The seas be robbed of their waves;
The day want sun, and sun want bright,
The night want shade, the dead men graves;
The April flowers, and leaf, and tree,
Before I false my faith to thee.

First direful hate shall turn to peace,
And love relent in deep disdain;
And death his fatal stroke shall cease,
And envy pity every pain;
And pleasure mourn, and sorrow smile,
Before I talk of any guile.