by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Lovely Albina's come ashore
Language: English
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Lovely Albina's come ashore, To enter her just claim, Ten times more charming than before, To her immortal fame. The Belgic lion, as he's brave, This beauty will relieve; For nothing but a mean blind slave, Can live and let her grieve.
Text Authorship:
- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [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), "Lovely Albina's come ashore", Z. 394. [text verified 1 time]
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 42