Author of Light by Thomas Campion, for voice and lute
PERFORMED BY: Anna Nuytten (mezzosoprano), Thomas Langlois (lute)
COMPOSER: Thomas Campion (1567-1620)
SOURCE: First Booke of Ayres (London, 1613)
LYRICS
Author of light, revive my dying sprite;
Redeem it from the snares of all confounding night
Lord, light me to thy blessed way
For blind with worldly vain desires
I wander as a stray
Sun and moon, stars and underlights I see
But all their glorious beams
Are mists and darkness being compared to thee
Fountain of health, my soul’s deep wounds recure
Sweet showers of pity rain, wash my unc
...leanness pure
One drop of thy desired grace
The faint and fading heart can raise
And in joy’s bosom place
Sin and death, hell and tempting fiends may rage;
But God his own will guard
And their sharp pains and grief in time assuagе
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