Texts by T. Stanley set in Art Songs and Choral Works

Texts set in art song or choral works (not necessarily comprehensive):

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• Beauty thy harsh imperious chains - J. Gamble (Palinode)
• Beauty whose soft magnetic chains - J. Gamble (The Return)
• Celinda, by what potent art (Song) - J. Gamble
• Dear, back my wounded heart restore (The Divorce) - J. Gamble
• Delay! Alas, there cannot be (Delay) - J. Gamble
• Delay (Delay! Alas, there cannot be)
• Draw near,/ You lovers that complain - H. Purcell (The Exequies)
• Draw near, you lovers (Draw near,/ You lovers that complain) - H. Purcell
• Expostulation with Love, in despair (Love! what tyrannic laws must they obey)
• Favonius, the milder breath o’ th’ Spring (The Breath) - J. Gamble
• Foolish Lover, go and seek (Song) - J. Gamble
• He would not be tempted (O Turn away those cruell eyes) - H. Lawes
• I prithee let my heart alone! (Song) - J. Gamble
• Love! what tyrannic laws must they obey (Expostulation with Love, in despair) - J. Gamble
• On this swelling bank, once proud
• O Turn away those cruell eyes - H. Lawes
• Palinode (Beauty thy harsh imperious chains)
• Roses (Love's delight) let's join (Roses) - J. Gamble
• Roses (Roses (Love's delight) let's join)
• Since Fate commands me hence, and I (The Farewell) - J. Gamble
• So fair Aurora doth herself discover (The Blush) - J. Gamble
• Song (Celinda, by what potent art)
• Song (Foolish Lover, go and seek)
• Song (I prithee let my heart alone!)
• Song (When I lie burning in thine eye)
• The Answer (Beauty thy harsh imperious chains) - J. Gamble
• The Blush (So fair Aurora doth herself discover)
• The Breath (Favonius, the milder breath o’ th’ Spring)
• The Divorce (Dear, back my wounded heart restore)
• The Exequies (Draw near,/ You lovers that complain)
• The Farewell (Since Fate commands me hence, and I)
• The Return (Beauty whose soft magnetic chains) - J. Gamble
• The Tomb (When, cruel fair one, I am slain) - J. Gamble, C. Stanford
• When, cruel fair one, I am slain - J. Gamble, C. Stanford (The Tomb)
• When I lie burning in thine eye (Song) - J. Gamble

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