by William Cornish (1465 - 1523)
Pleasure it is
Language: English
Pleasure it is To hear, iwis, The Birdès sing. The deer in the dale, The sheep in the vale, The corn springing. God’s purveyance For sustenance, It is for man. Then we always To give him praise, And thank him than, And thank him than.
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Authorship:
- by William Cornish (1465 - 1523) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by (Edward) Benjamin Britten (1913 - 1976), "Spring carol", op. 28 no. 9 (1942) [ treble chorus, solo voices, and harp ], from A Ceremony of Carols, no. 9 [sung text not yet checked]
- by John (Nicholson) Ireland (1879 - 1962), "A thanksgiving", 1938, published 1938, from Five XVIth Century Poems, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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