I tremble not at noise of war - Gibbons, Orlando

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⌛ Period → Renaissance ◈ Genre → Madrigals

♯ Key G major

♬ Voicing → SSATB

◆ Difficulty

Elementary

↕ Range A2 – G5

¶ Language → English

Measures 66

Texture mixed texture

Parts 5

Instruments A cappella

Pages 4

CPDL # 86061

Editor David Fraser

Posted 2025-07-24

License CPDL License

♫Pitch Ranges

MusicXML Part

A2 – E4

¶Lyrics / Text

(Gibbons reverses the line order in the first two couplets of the three he sets here.) == A Contented Mind == I weigh not Fortune's frown or smile, I joy not much in earthly joys; I seek not state, I reck not style, I am not fond of fancy's toys; I rest so pleased with what I have, I wish no more, no more I crave. ''I quake not at the thunder's crack, ''I tremble not at noise of war, ''I swoon not at the news of wrack, ''I shrink not at a blazing star: ''I fear not loss, I hope not gain, ''I envy none, I none disdain. I see ambition never pleased, I see some Tantals starved in store; I see gold's dropsy seldom eased, I see e'en Midas gape for more. I neither want, nor yet abound: Enough's a feast; content is crown'd. I feign not friendship where I hate, I fawn not on the great in show, I prize, I praise a mean estate, Neither too lofty nor too low; This, this is all my choice, my cheer, A mind content, a conscience clear.