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The curtain drawn, I saw my love lie sleeping; | |||
Thrice happy was that peeping, | |||
for viewing her sweet lying, | |||
preserves my life and keeps my soul from dying. | |||
Of thousand joys, missing her, I had missed all, | |||
whose sight revives me more than ruby pearl and crystal. | |||
</poem> | |||
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[[Category:Madrigals]] | [[Category:Madrigals]] | ||
[[Category:Renaissance music]] | [[Category:Renaissance music]] |
Revision as of 16:42, 15 March 2009
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- Editor: Brian Russell (submitted 2007-09-10). Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Files listed alphabetically by nationality and composer. Some composers have separate pages.
- Editor: Vince M. Brennan (submitted 2005-11-14). Score information: Letter, 4 pages Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes: Copyright (c) 2004 by V. M. Brennan
General Information
Title: Curtain drawn, The
Composer: Giles Farnaby
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Madrigal
Language: English
Instruments: a cappella
Published: Canzonets to Four Voices (1598)
Description:
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Original text and translations
English text
The curtain drawn, I saw my love lie sleeping;
Thrice happy was that peeping,
for viewing her sweet lying,
preserves my life and keeps my soul from dying.
Of thousand joys, missing her, I had missed all,
whose sight revives me more than ruby pearl and crystal.