James Corfe
 (1713 - c.1765)

Brightest Sylvia, lovely creature (full accompaniment)
 (Soprano/Tenor,Flute/Violin,Continuo)
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"The Swain in Ecstacy", from Twelve English songs with their symphonies, London, c.1745. A version for keyboard-only accompaniment is also available.
Lyrics: Anon

Brightest Sylvia, lovely creature,
Young, with innocency bless'd;
Nature shines in ev'ry feature;
Fair by ev'ry swain confess'd.
Sweetest object of my passion,
Only pride and chiefest care,
Strephon, trained in rural fashion,
Vows as faithful as thou'rt fair.

Nature's pride, by art unaided,
Blooming fair as blooming spring;
Sweet as sweetest flow'r unaided:
Chaste as dew on Zephyr's wings.
Strephon triumphs to adore thee;
Charms like thine his soul has won.
Who can linger, when before thee,
To adore so bright a sun?