Unto the temple of thy beauty - Ford, Thomas

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⌛ Period → Renaissance ◈ Genre / Form → Madrigals

♯ Key G minor

⁄ Time Signature 2/2

♬ Voicing → SATB

◆ Difficulty

Elementary

↕ Range G2 – F5

¶ Language → English

Measures 22

Texture mixed texture

Parts 4

Instruments A cappella

Pages 2

CPDL # 33060

Editor Sabine Cassola

Posted 2014-10-02

License CPDL License

♫Pitch Ranges

Instrument 1

D4 – F5

Instrument 2

D4 – B-4

Instrument 3

G3 – F4

Instrument 4

G2 – B-3

¶Lyrics / Text

Unto the temple of thy beautie and to the tombe where pittie lies, I pilgrim clad with zeale and deuty do odder uppe my hart, my eyes My hart loe in the quenchlesse fire on loves burning altar lies. Conducted thither by desire to be beauties sacrifice. But pity on thy sable hearse, Mine eyes the tears of sorrow shed; What though tears cannot fate reverse Yet are they duties to the dead. O mistress, in thy sanctuary Why wouldst thou suffer cold disdain To use his frozen cruelty And gentle pity to be slain? Pity that to thy beauty fled and with thy beauty should have lived, Ah, in thy heart lies buried And nevermore may be revived Yet this last favour, dear, extend To accept these vows, these tears I shed Duties which pilgrim send To beauty living, pity dead.