On a bank beside a willow - William Horsley

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"Horsley was an enthusiastic early-adopter of the metronome: tempo markings are his own."

⌛ Period → Classical ◈ Genre / Form → Glees ♬ Voicing → SSATB ¶ Language → English

Parts 5

Instruments Unknown

Pages 3

CPDL # 62753

Editor Christopher Shaw

Posted 2021-02-08

License Personal

¶Lyrics / Text

On a bank beside a willow, Heav'n her covering, earth her pillow, Sad Amynta sigh'd alone. From the cheerless dawn of morning 'Til the dews of night returning, Singing thus she made her moan: "Hope is banish'd, joys are vanish'd, Damon my beloved is gone".