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To Chloe in Sickness

Language: English

 Long, long is the night,
 And heavy comes the morrow,
 While my soul's delight
 Is on her bed of sorrow.

 Can, can I cease,
 Can I cease to languish,
 While my soul's delight
 Is on her couch of anguish?

 Can I cease to mourn,
 Can I cease to languish,
 While my darling fair
 Is on her couch of anguish?

 Hear me, Pow'rs Divine!
 Oh in pity hear me!
 Take aught else of mine,
 But my Chloris spare me!


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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

Set in German, a translation of Wilhelm Gerhard GER

Date added to the website: 2003-12-03.

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