The Silver Swan BY ORLANDO GIBBONS.
The silver swan, who living had no note,
When death approached, unlocked her silent throat;
Leaning her breast against the reedy shore,
Thus sung her first and last, and sung no more:
“Farewell, all joys; Oh death, come close mine eyes;
More geese than swans now live, more fools than wise.”
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvl9cZMzi5
Orlando Gibbons (bapt. 25 December 1583 – 5 June 1625) was an English composer and keyboard player who was one of the last masters of the English Virginalist School and English Madrigal School. The best known member of a musical family dynasty, by the 1610s he was the leading composer and organist in England, with a career cut short by his sudden death in 1625. As a result, Gibbons's oeuvre was not as large as that of his contemporaries, like the elder William Byrd,[2] but he made considerable contributions to many genres of his time. He is often seen as a transitional figure from the Renaissance to the Baroque periods.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orlando_Gibbons
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The Silver Swan by Orlando Gibbons
The Silver Swan
The silver swan, who living had no note,
When death approached, unlocked her silent throat;
Leaning her breast against the reedy shore,
Thus sung her first and last, and sung no more:
“Farewell, all joys; Oh death, come close mine eyes;
More geese than swans now live, more fools than wise.”
December 25, 1583 – June 5, 1625
Orlando Gibbons (born 1583, Oxford, Oxfordshire, Eng. —died June 5, 1625, Canterbury, Kent) was an organist and composer, one of the last great figures of the English polyphonic school.
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Orlando-Gibbons
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/50405/the-silver-swan
Two Performances:
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8kUlKE10-E
