Soft invader of my soul (James Oswald)
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- (Posted 2024-09-15) CPDL #81965:
- Editor: Christopher Shaw (submitted 2024-09-15). Score information: A4, 2 pages, 117 kB Copyright: CC BY SA
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General Information
Title: Soft invader of my soul
Composer: James Oswald
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Number of voices: 1v Voicing: solo high
Genre: Secular, Aria
Language: English
Instruments: Basso continuo,2 violins
First published: 1760
Description: Probably written for performance in the London pleasure gardens.
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Original text and translations
English text
Soft invader of my soul,
Love, who can thy pow'r control?
All that haunt earth, air and sea
Own thy force and bow to thee.
All the dear enchanting days,
Celia steals my heart away;
All the tedious livelong night,
Celia swims before my sight.
Happy, happy were the swain
Who might such a prize obtain;
Other joys he need not prove,
Bless'd enough in Celia's love.
All that temptingly beguile,
Sparkling eyes and dimpling smile,
Ev'ry charm and ev'ry grace
Dwells on charming Celia's face.
Open, gen'rous free from art,
Virtue lives within her heart:
Modesty and truth combin'd
Suit her person to her mind.
Happy, happy were the swain
Who might such a prize obtain;
Other joys he need not prove,
Bless'd enough in Celia's love.