If wine and music have the pow'r (Stephen Storace)
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- (Posted 2022-08-11) CPDL #70348:
- Editor: Christopher Shaw (submitted 2022-08-11). Score information: A4, 4 pages, 251 kB Copyright: CC BY SA
- Edition notes: Please click on the link for preview/playback/PDF download.
General Information
Title: If wine and music have the pow'r
Composer: Stephen Storace
Lyricist: Matthew Prior
Number of voices: 1v Voicing: solo high
Genre: Secular, Aria
Language: English
Instruments: Unknown
First published: c.1782 (n/d) Eight canzonets
Description: Accompaniment for piano or harp prescribed by the composer.
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Original text and translations
English text
If Wine and Music have the pow'r
To ease the sickness of the soul;
Let Phoebus ev'ry string explore,
And Bacchus fill the sprightly bowl.
Let Them their friendly aid employ,
To make my Chloe's absence light;
And seek for pleasure, to destroy
The sorrows of this live-long night.
But she tomorrow will return:
Venus, be thou tomorrow great;
Thy myrtles strew, thy odours burn,
And meet thy fav'rite nymph in state.
Kind goddess, to no other pow'rs
Let us tomorrow's blessings own:
My darling love shall guide the hours;
And all the day be thine alone.