Purcell & Lully

Henry Purcell: Funeral Music for Queen Mary 1695:

1st Sentence - Man That is Born Of A Woman

Arcadia Players Chorus, Ian Watson, director

From live performance, April 16, 2005, Helen Hills Hills Chapel, Smith College, Northampton MA

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Man that is born of a woman
hath but a short time to live,
and is full of misery.
He cometh up, and is cut down like a flow'r;
he flee'th as it were a shadow,
and ne'er continueth in one stay.


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