(lyrics by Ben Jonson music by Mike Oldfield sung by Maddy Prior and Sally Oldfield)
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Queen and huntress, chaste and fair,
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Now the sun is laid to sleep,
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Seated in thy silver chair,
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State in wonted manner keep.
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Earth, let not thy envious shade
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Dare itself to interpose;
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Cynthia's shining orb was made
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Heaven to cheer when day did close.
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Lay thy bow of pearl apart,
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And thy crystal-shining quiver,
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Give unto the flying hart
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Space to breathe, how short soever.
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Hesperus entreats thy light,
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Goddess excellently bright.
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Bless us then with wished sight
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Thou that mak'st a day of night.
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Ode To Cynthia
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| Mike Oldfield |
