Joseph Vernon
 (c.1738 - 1782)

Vernon : Who is Sylvia? what is she : illustration

Who is Sylvia? what is she
 (S./T.2Vn.Continuo)
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Pub. 1772. Vernon was a tenor at Vauxhall for eighteen seasons, who occasionally contributed his own compositions.
Lyrics: William Shakespeare

Who is Sylvia? what is she,
That all our swains commend her?
Holy, fair, and wise is she;
The heav'ns such grace did lend her,
That she might admired be.

Is she kind as she is fair!
For beauty lives with kindness;
Love doth to her eyes repair,
To help him of his blindness;
And, being helped, inhabits there.

Then to Sylvia let us sing,
That Sylvia is excelling;
She excels each mortal thing
Upon the dull earth dwelling;
To her let us garlands bring.