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Joseph Corfe (arr.)
(1740 - 1820)
Will you hear how once repining
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From Corfe's third set of glees. The model on which this arrangement is based remains unidentified.
Lyrics: William Shenstone
Will you hear how once repining
Great Eliza captive lay;
Each ambitious thought resigning,
Foe to riches, pomp and sway?
Hark to yonder milkmaid singing
Cheerly o'er the brimming pail;
Cowslips, all around her springing,
Sweetly paint the golden vale.
Would indulgent heav'n had granted
Me some rural damsel's part;
All the empire I had wanted
Then had been my shepherd's heart.
Then with him o'er hills and mountains,
Free from fetters might I rove;
Fearless taste the crystal fountains,
Peaceful sleep beneath the grove.
Will you hear how once repining
Great Eliza captive lay;
Each ambitious thought resigning,
Foe to riches, pomp and sway?
Hark to yonder milkmaid singing
Cheerly o'er the brimming pail;
Cowslips, all around her springing,
Sweetly paint the golden vale.
Would indulgent heav'n had granted
Me some rural damsel's part;
All the empire I had wanted
Then had been my shepherd's heart.
Then with him o'er hills and mountains,
Free from fetters might I rove;
Fearless taste the crystal fountains,
Peaceful sleep beneath the grove.