From Citheron the warlike boy is fled - There careless thoughts are freed - If Love be just - Byrd, William

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"Madrigal in three parts. :Prima pars: ''From Citheron the warlike boy is fled'' :Secunda pars: ''There careless thoughts are freed'' :Tertia pars: ''If Love be just''"

⌛ Epoche → Renaissance ◈ Genre → Madrigale

♯ Tonart D minor

⁄ Taktart 4/4

♬ Besetzung → SATT

◆ Difficulty

Unterstufe

↕ Tonumfang c – f''

¶ Sprache → Englisch

Takte 105

Textur mixed texture

Stimmen 4

Instrumente A cappella

Seiten 9

CPDL Nr. 5358

Bearbeiter David Fraser

Veröffentlicht 2003-07-26

Lizenz CPDL-Lizenz

♫Tonumfänge

Soprano

c' – f''

Alto

g – d''

Tenor

c – f'

Schlagwörter

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From Citheron the warlike boy is fled And smiling sits upon a Virgin's lap, Thereby to train poor misers to the trap, Whom Beauty draws with fancy to be fed: And when Desire with eager looks is led, Then from her eyes The arrow flies, Feather'd with flame, arm'd with a golden head. There careless thoughts are freed of that flame Wherewith her thralls are scorched to the heart: If Love would so, would God the enchanting dart Might once return and burn from whence it came! Not to deface of Beauty's work the frame, But by rebound It might be found What secret smart I suffer by the same. If Love be just, then just is my desire; And if unjust, why is he call'd a God? O God, O God, O Just! reserve thy rod To chasten those that from thy laws retire! But choose aright (good Love! I thee require) The golden head, Not that of lead! Her heart is frost and must dissolve by fire.