O Venus, hear my ardent pray'r (William Jackson of Exeter)
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- Editor: Christopher Shaw (submitted 2023-11-06). Score information: A4, 4 pages, 317 kB Copyright: CC BY SA
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Title: O Venus, hear my ardent pray'r
Composer: William Jackson of Exeter
Lyricist: Anonymous
Number of voices: 2vv Voicings: SS or TT
Genre: Secular, Partsong
Language: English
Instruments: Basso continuo
First published: c. 1770 (n/d)
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Original text and translations
English text
O Venus, hear my ardent pray'r,
Or bind the nymph or loose the swain;
Yet rather guard them with thy care,
To die together in thy chain.
What I demand her heart desires,
But fears the eager wish restrain;
The secret thought, which love inspires,
The conscious eye can well explain.