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Foolish swain at length grow wiser

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On English Cantatas

2008 · 24 tracks

01To lonely Shades fair Delia stray’d1:05
01So pleasing, the Pain is8:26
02My Fair from hence is gone8:03
02Foolish swain at length grow wiser5:04
03See, See my dearest Damon3:20
03Love thou Joy of ev’ry Creature9:04
04How delighted how contented6:35
04Soon as the Day is breaking6:00
05Cease, cease thy vain Contending5:03
05To tender Love and Pleasure4:50
06Let our Discords all be ended4:45
06I like the am’rous Youth2:33
07An Answer to Collin’s Complaint1:44
07With Roving and with Ranging4:33
08The Forsaken Nymph (anonymous text)3:32
08Strephon Cease no more pursue me5:40
09Dear Adonis, beauty’s Treasure5:04
09My Chloe you may believe me6:13
10Prudence bids me Shun your passion4:27
10Love’s but the Frailty of the mind5:02
11The Floods shall quit the Ocean4:18
11‘Twas when the seas were roaring (The Melancholy Nymph)4:18
12Transporting Joy3:11
12Gentle Hymen lose no time5:11