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Thomas CAMPION, Author of Light, Coordonné
Author of Light by Thomas Campion, for voice and lute PERFORMED BY: Anna Nuytten (mezzosoprano), Thomas Langlois (lute) COMPOSER: Thomas Campion (15671620) SOURCE: First Booke of Ayres (London, 1613) LYRICS Author of light, revive my dying sprite; Redeem it from the snares of all confounding night Lord, light me to thy blessed way For blind with worldly vain desires I wander as a stray Sun and moon, stars and underlights I see But all their glorious beams Are mists and darkness being compared to thee Fountain of health, my soul s deep wounds recure Sweet showers of pity rain, wash my uncleanness pure One drop of thy desired grace The faint and fading heart can raise And in joy s bosom place Sin and death, hell and tempting fiends may rage; But God his own will guard And their sharp pains and grief in time assuagе SUBSCRIBE for more videos like this:
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