An Epithalamium
Language:
English
Thrice happy lovers, may you be
For ever, ever free,
From the tormenting devil, Jealousy.
From all the anxious [Care]1 and Strife,
That attends a married Life:
Be to one another true,
Kind to her as [she]2 to you.
And since the Errors of this Night are past,
May he be ever Constant, [she for ever Chast]3.
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1 Tippett: "cares"
2 Tippett: "she's"
3 Tippett: "she be ever chaste"
Authorship
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text),
listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)
 by Henry Purcell (1658/9-1695)
, "An Epithalamium", alternate title: "Thrice happy lovers", Z. 629, from The Fairy Queen no. 39bc, an operatic adaptation of Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream.
by Michael Tippett (1905-1998)
, "An Epithalamium", note: this is a realization of a song by Purcell.
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