Sweet bird - Hayes, Philip

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⌛ Period → Classical ◈ Genre → Glees ♬ Voicing → TTB ¶ Language → English

Parts 3

Instruments A cappella

Pages 2

CPDL # 68273

Editor Christopher Shaw

Posted 2022-03-06

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¶Lyrics / Text

Sweet bird, that charm'st the hour of eve, Still mindful of thy ancient wrong, Whilst list'ning fairies learn to grieve, And pay with tears thy plaintive song; What echo sweet these shades along Shall kindly bear thy distant strain; Where Laura, while its sounds convey Soft pity for thy tender pain, Ah! envied bird, shall bless thy lay. "Sing on, sweet bird", the maid shall say; "Cease, cruel maid", the fays return, Nor strains of nearer grief despise; Echo a sadder tale shall learn: Thy poet loves and weeps and dies.