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Orlando Gibbons The Silver Swan

1583–1625 

Arrangement: James Smith Sep. 2006. Typesetting: Justin Smith May 2013.

The silver Swan, who, living, had no Note,

when Death approached, unlocked her silent throat.

 Leaning her breast upon the reedy shore,

thus sang her frst and last, and sang no more:

“Farewell, all joys! O Death, come close mine eyes!

 More Geese than Swans now live, more Fools than Wise.”

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The Silver SwanOrlando Gibbons 1583–1625

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From: "The First Set of Madrigals and Motets, of Five Parts", 1612

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