List! Lady, be not coy - Pearsall, Robert

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"The lyrics from Milton's ''Comus'', lines 737 ff."

⌛ Period → Romantic ◈ Genre / Form → Madrigals

♯ Key A minor

⁄ Time Signature 4/4

♬ Voicing → SSATTB

◆ Difficulty

Intermediate (Grade 4-5)

↕ Range G2 – G5

¶ Language → English

Measures 80

Texture mixed texture

Parts 6

Instruments SSATTB

Pages 12

CPDL # 77607

Editor David Anderson

Posted 2023-11-27

License Personal

♫Pitch Ranges

Soprano I

E4 – G5

Soprano II

D4 – F#5

Alto

A3 – A4

Tenor I

E3 – G4

Tenor II

C3 – E4

Bass

G2 – A3

¶Lyrics / Text

List! Lady, be not coy nor cozen'd! Beauty is nature's coin, must not be hoarded, But must be current, and the good thereof Consists in mutual and partaken bliss. If you let slip time, like a neglected rose It withers on the stem with languished head. It is for homely features to keep home! Coarse complexions, cheeks of sorry grain may serve to ply The sampler, and teaze the huswife's wool! What need a vermil tinctured lip for that? Love-darting eyes, or tresses like the morn? ''Comus'' (1634)

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