 | Cheerfull Ayres or Ballads, First composed for one single Voice and since set for three Voices by John Wilson |  |
To his honoured Friend Dr JOHN WILSON upon his most excellent Book of Ayres.
Lend my Muse wings and with them I will dare,To soare aloft in your much clearer Ayre.
Where your harmonious sphere is known to move
With sweeter Accents then those doe above.
Did now Promethius live hee'd find a way,
Not only for to animate meere Clay.
Heed aske for pure Ayre not for Jove's fire,
That he might some harmonious soules inspire.
Musick's compleatest parts you here have set,
Only that wee might find them more compleat,
Toth' envy of our Nation here you shew,
Musicks perfection perfected by you.
| Cheerfull Ayres or Ballads, First composed for one single Voice and since set for three Voices by John Wilson | |