Farewell aspiring thoughts - Turner, Elizabeth

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◈ Genre → Arias ♬ Voicing → solo high ¶ Language → English

Parts 1

Instruments Basso continuo, violin

Pages 6

CPDL # 76033

Editor Christopher Shaw

Posted 2023-10-04

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¶Lyrics / Text

Farewell aspiring thoughts, no more My soul shall leave the peaceful shore, To sail ambitious main. Fallacious as the harlot's kiss, You promise me uncertain bliss, And give me certain pain. Let others boast their useless wealth, Whilst I have honesty and health Which riches cannot give: Let others to preferment soar, And changing liberty for pow'r, In golden shackles drive. Come conscious virtue, fill my breast And bring content, thy daughter dress'd In ever-smiling charms. Let sacred friendship too attend, A friendship worthy of my friend Such as my Lelius warms. With these I'll in my bosom make A bulwark fortune cannot shake, Tho' all her storms arise! Look down and pity gilded slaves, Despite ambition's giddy knaves, And wish the fools were wise.