Thou happy wretch! - Wesley, Samuel

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"Composed 1781."

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

Parts 3

Instruments A cappella

Pages 2

CPDL # 69215

Editor Christopher Shaw

Posted 2022-05-14

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¶Lyrics / Text

Thou happy wretch! by blindness thou art blest; By dotage dandled to perpetual smiles. Know, smiler! at thy peril art thou pleased; Thy pleasure is the promise of thy pain. Misfortune, like a creditor severe, But rises in demand of her delay; She makes a scourge of past prosperity, To sting thee more, and double thy distress.