John Christopher Smith
(1712 - 1795)

Smith : O Hermia fair (reduced accompaniment) : illustration

O Hermia fair (reduced accompaniment)
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146141 : Smith : O Hermia fair (reduced accompaniment) : sheet music
Catalogued as Choral - Secular (Bath Bristol and Somerset) (Shakespeare) (Songs and Concert Airs)

From "The Fairies", 1755, an opera composed to an adaptation by Garrick of "A Midsummer Night's Dream". The piece is offered in its original version with orchestral accompaniment, and also with keyboard accompaniment comprising the instrumental parts condensed.
Lyrics: William Shakespeare

O Hermia fair, O happy fair!
Your eyes are lodestars,
and your tongue's sweet air
More tuneable to lark than shepherd's ear
When wheat is green, when hawthorn buds appear.