by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Aria. At Ross how alter’d is the scene
Language: English
At Ross how alter’d is the scene! Lo Penyard’s beauties fail. Lost is his crown of smiling green, And fogs his summit veil. Old Wye, his mazy course restrain’d Lies o’er his urn supine. In ice his idle feet are chain’d, With frost his tresses shine. On yonder hills that bound our sight, Already lies the snow. Their sides long streaks of dazzling white, Amidst their azure shew. Thy trees, Kyrle, fav’rite of the Muse, Bare, bleak and naked stand. No pleasing spots, no charming views, Thy prospect can command. ’Tis cold and melancholy all, ’Tis dreary to the eye. And with old Wilton’s warlike wall, In ruin seems to lye. What now Lucinda life inspires, What now can make us gay? Thy look our breasts Lucinda fires, Thy look creates a May.
Text Authorship:
- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author, first published 1748
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by William Hayes (1708 - 1777), "Aria. At Ross how alter’d is the scene", published 1748 [ voice and continuo ], from cantata A winter scene at Ross in Herefordshire, no. 1, 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.  [sung text checked 1 time]
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Line count: 24
Word count: 134