Annotation
ALTO, TENOR, BASS
For folded flocks, and fruitful plains,
The shepherd's and the farmer's gains,
Fair Britain all the world outvies;
And Pan, as in Arcadia, reigns
Where pleasure mix'd with profit lies.
Tho' Jason's fleece was fam'd of old,
The British wool is growing gold;
No mines can more of wealth supply:
It keeps the peasants from the cold,
And takes for kings the Tyrian dye.
Annotation last modified on 2024-09-20 07:17 UTC.
Relationships
| composer: | Henry Purcell (baroque composer) |
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| librettist: | John Dryden (English poet) |
| part of: | King Arthur, Z. 628: Act V (order: 5) |
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