by John Dryden (1631 - 1700) and by Nathaniel Lee (1653? - 1692)

Language: English 
Our translations:  CAT FRE
Music for a while
Shall all your cares beguile:
Wond'ring how your pains were eas'd
And disdaining to be pleas'd
Till Alecto free the dead
From their eternal bands,
Till the snakes drop from her head,
And the whip from out her hands.

Composition:

    Set to music by Henry Purcell (1658/9 - 1695), "Music for a while", Z. 583 no. 2, included in Orpheus Britannicus. A Collection of all the choicest songs for One, Two, and Three Voices, Vol. II (1692?)

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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Música per una estona", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "La musique pour un moment", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2003-11-13
Line count: 8
Word count: 43