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- CPDL #18306: (Sibelius 4)
- Editor: David Fraser (submitted 2008-11-17). Score information: A4, 5 pages, 95 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: MusicXML source file(s) in compressed .mxl format.
General Information
Title: How vain the toils
Composer: William Byrd
Number of voices: 1v Voicing: A
Genre: Sacred, Consort song
Language: English
Instruments: 2 treble, 2 tenor & bass viols
First published: 1611 in Psalmes, Songs, and Sonnets, no. 32
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Original text and translations
English text
How vaine the toyles that mortall men doe take
to hoord up gold that time doth turne to drosse,
forgetting him who onely for their sake,
his precious bloud did shed upon the Crosse.
And taught us all in heaven to hoord our treasure,
where true encrease doth grow above all measure.