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==Original text and translations== | ==Original text and translations== | ||
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All is not gold that shineth bright in show | AN INVECTIVE AGAINST LOVE. | ||
Not every flower so good as fair to sight | |||
All is not gold that shineth bright in show; | |||
Not every flower so good as fair to sight; | |||
The deepest streams above do calmly flow, | The deepest streams above do calmly flow, | ||
And strongest poisons oft the taste delight. | And strongest poisons oft the taste delight. | ||
The pleasant bait doth hide the harmful hook, | The pleasant bait doth hide the harmful hook, | ||
And false deceit can lend a friendly look.}} | And false deceit can lend a friendly look. | ||
''England’s Helicon'' (1611)}} | |||
[[Category:Sheet music]] | [[Category:Sheet music]] | ||
[[Category:Romantic music]] | [[Category:Romantic music]] |
Revision as of 19:33, 15 December 2023
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- Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2019-05-11). Score information: A4, 6 pages, 96 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Includes a keyboard reduction of the a cappella choral score.
General Information
Title: All is not gold
Composer: William Joseph Westbrook
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 5vv Voicing: SATTB
Genre: Secular, Partsong, Madrigal
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1869 in Novello Part-Song Book (2nd Series), Vol. 2, no. 81
Description: Gained the 2nd prize of £15, offered by the Bristol Madrigal Society, 1865.
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Original text and translations
English text
AN INVECTIVE AGAINST LOVE.
All is not gold that shineth bright in show;
Not every flower so good as fair to sight;
The deepest streams above do calmly flow,
And strongest poisons oft the taste delight.
The pleasant bait doth hide the harmful hook,
And false deceit can lend a friendly look.
England’s Helicon (1611)