by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Aria. Virtue, the charmer sweet replies
 (Sung text for setting by W. Hayes)
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Language: English 
Virtue, the charmer sweet replies, 
Will soften age’s brow. 
Virtue tho’ wit or beauty flies, 
Will make us gay as now.

Composition:

    Set to music by William Hayes (1708 - 1777), "Aria. Virtue, the charmer sweet replies", published 1748 [ voice and continuo ], from cantata A winter scene at Ross in Herefordshire, no. 3, Verified with Six Cantatas Set to Musick by William Hayes Bac. Mus. Organist of Magd. Coll. and Professor in the University of Oxford, London 1748.

Text Authorship:

  • by Anonymous / Unidentified Author, first published 1748

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