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*{{NewWork|2008-06-08}} '''CPDL # | *{{NewWork|2008-06-08}} '''CPDL #17135:''' [http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/images/4/42/No4-Anacreons_Defeat.pdf {{pdf}}] | ||
:<b>Contributor:</b> [[User:David Newman|David Newman]] <i>(Added 2008-6-08)</i>. <b>Score information: </b>A4, | :<b>Contributor:</b> [[User:David Newman|David Newman]] <i>(Added 2008-6-08)</i>. <b>Score information: </b>A4, 7 pages, 248 kbytes {{Copy|Public Domain}} | ||
:<b>Edition notes:</b> File Sizes: PDF: | :<b>Edition notes:</b> File Sizes: PDF: 248 KB <br> | ||
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CPDL #17135:
- Contributor: David Newman (Added 2008-6-08). Score information: A4, 7 pages, 248 kbytes Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: File Sizes: PDF: 248 KB
General Information
Title: Anacreon's Defeat
Composer: Henry Purcell
Lyricist: Unknown
Number of voices: 1v Voicing: Soprano Solo
Genre: Secular, song
Language: English
Instruments: Piano
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Original text and translations
English text
- This poet sings the Trojan wars,
- Another of the Theban jars,
- In rattling numbers, verse that dares.
- Whilst I, in soft and humble verse,
- My own captivities rehearse;
- I sing my own defeats, which are
- Not the events of common war.
- Not fleets at sea have vanquish’d me,
- Nor brigadiers, nor cavalry,
- Nor ranks and files of infantry.
- No, Anacreon still defies
- All your artillery companies
- Save those encamp’d in killing eyes;
- Each dart his mistress shoots, he dies.
Lyrics: Unknown Author