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Anon
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Come, thou rosy dimpled boy
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149436 : Anon : Come, thou rosy dimpled boy : sheet music
Catalogued as Choral - Secular (Glees and Catches)
A setting of Charles Parrott's Ode to Cupid on Valentine's Day, performed at Marylebone pleasure gardens.
Lyrics: Charles Parrott
Come, thou rosy dimpled boy,
Source of ev'ry heart-felt joy;
Leave the blissful bow'r awhile,
Paphos and the Cyprian isle;
Visit Britain's rocky shore;
Britons too thy pow'r adore;
Britons, hearty, bold and free,
Own thy laws, and yield to thee:
Source of ev'ry heart-felt joy,
Come, thou rosy dimpled boy.
Only while we love, we live;
Love alone can pleasure give.
Pomp and pow'r and tinsell'd state,
Those false pageants of the great,
Crowns and titles, envied things,
And the pride of Eastern kings,
Are but childish empty toys,
When compared with love's sweet joys.
Love alone can pleasure give,
Only while we love, we live.
Come, thou rosy dimpled boy,
Source of ev'ry heart-felt joy;
Leave the blissful bow'r awhile,
Paphos and the Cyprian isle;
Visit Britain's rocky shore;
Britons too thy pow'r adore;
Britons, hearty, bold and free,
Own thy laws, and yield to thee:
Source of ev'ry heart-felt joy,
Come, thou rosy dimpled boy.
Only while we love, we live;
Love alone can pleasure give.
Pomp and pow'r and tinsell'd state,
Those false pageants of the great,
Crowns and titles, envied things,
And the pride of Eastern kings,
Are but childish empty toys,
When compared with love's sweet joys.
Love alone can pleasure give,
Only while we love, we live.