To a friend sincere - Cooke, Robert

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""Epitaph to a late member of The (Glee) Club"."

⌛ Period → Romantic ◈ Genre → Glees ♬ Voicing → ATTBB ¶ Language → English

Parts 5

Instruments A cappella

Pages 7

CPDL # 75311

Editor Christopher Shaw

Posted 2023-09-10

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¶Lyrics / Text

To a friend sincere, to a comrade gay, Who brought care on himself to drive our cares away; Who lov'd still to laugh, yet ne'er wish'd to offend And, a friend to mankind, found mankind not a friend. To a spirit so rare let us ever be just, Nor forget him, poor fellow, tho' laid in the dust. Then haste with your myrtles to hang on his shrine; With odours enrich it, bedew it with wine. Ne'er cease on his turf early roses to bloom, And green be the laurel that waves o'er his tomb.