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James Oswald
(1710 - 1769)
That Stella quits the wintry plain
(Soprano/Tenor,Violin,Continuo)
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That Stella quits the wintry plain
(Soprano/Tenor,Violin,Continuo)
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148584 : Oswald : That Stella quits the wintry plain : sheet music
Catalogued as Choral - Secular (Songs and Concert Airs) (Temple of Apollo)
Publ. 1758, titled Advice to Colin. Written for performance at Ranelagh pleasure gardens and sung by Catherine (Kitty) Fourmantel.
The text first appeared in The Gentleman's Magazine, December 1757; any attribution of the text to Esther Johnson (Jonathan Swift's Stella) is tenuous.
The text first appeared in The Gentleman's Magazine, December 1757; any attribution of the text to Esther Johnson (Jonathan Swift's Stella) is tenuous.
Lyrics: "By a lady"
That Stella quits the wint'ry plain,
Forbear, fond youth to mourn;
The leafless tree will bloom again
And smile at Spring's return.
Can duty justify a choice?
Her duteous choice approve;
And let at last her parting voice
Still seem the voice of love.
By absence, bliss awhile delay'd
With brighter flames will burn;
As Sol, to distant climes convey'd,
More welcome his return.
Hence let no fear your breast invade,
By hope each hour improve;
Be constant to the vows you've made,
Then doubt not Stella's love.
That Stella quits the wint'ry plain,
Forbear, fond youth to mourn;
The leafless tree will bloom again
And smile at Spring's return.
Can duty justify a choice?
Her duteous choice approve;
And let at last her parting voice
Still seem the voice of love.
By absence, bliss awhile delay'd
With brighter flames will burn;
As Sol, to distant climes convey'd,
More welcome his return.
Hence let no fear your breast invade,
By hope each hour improve;
Be constant to the vows you've made,
Then doubt not Stella's love.