Great god of sleep - Francis Hutcheson

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"Hutcheson, son of the Scottish philosopher of the same name, was an amateur composer who published this and other works under the pseudonym of Francis Ireland. This glee was published in Warren's thirteenth collection of catches and glees."

◈ Genre → Glees ♬ Besetzung → ATB ¶ Sprache → Englisch

Stimmen 3

Instrumente A cappella

Seiten 8

CPDL Nr. 25324

Bearbeiter Christopher Shaw

Veröffentlicht 2012-01-10

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Great god of sleep, since it must be That we must give some hours to thee, Invade me not while the free bowl Glows in my cheeks and warms my soul; Then be my only time to snore When I can laugh and drink no more; Short, very short, be then thy reign, For I'm in haste to laugh and drink again. But oh, if melting in my arms In some soft dream, with all her charms, The nymph belov'd should then surprize And grant what waking she denies; Then gentle slumber prithee stay Slowly, ah slowly, bring the day, Let no rude noise my bliss destroy, Such sweet delusion's real joy.