by Henry Parker (1604 - 1652)
Elegy upon the Death of Queen Mary
Language: Latin
Available translation(s): FRE
O Dive custos Auriacae Domus Et spes labantis certior imperi; Orebus adversis vocande, O superum, o superum decus in secundis! Seu te fluentem pronus ad Isida In vota fervens, in vota fervens Oxonidum chorus, Seu te precantur, quos remoti Unda lavat properata Cami, Descende, descende coelo non ita creditas, Visurus, visurus aedes praesidiis tuis, Descende, descende visurus penates, Penates Caesaris, et, et penetrali sacrum. Maria musis flebilis occidit, Maria gentis deliciae breves, Maria, Maria occidit, O flete Mariam, o flete Mariam, Flete Mariam, o flete Camoenae, O flete Divae! Flete dea moriente.
Authorship:
- by Henry Parker (1604 - 1652), written 1694, appears in Three Elegies upon the Much Lamented Loss of our Late Most Gracious Queen Mary, Henry Playford (publisher), first published 1695 [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 Henry Purcell (1658/9 - 1695), "Elegy upon the Death of Queen Mary", Z. 504. [duet] [text verified 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , title 1: "Élégie pour la mort de la reine Mary", copyright © 2011, (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.
Line count: 18
Word count: 92