Thomas CAMPION | Author of Light | Coordonné

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 uncleanness 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 SUBSCRIBE for more videos like this: