The Silver Swan - Orlando Gibbons 

The Silver Swan
Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625)
Alaska Chamber Singers
Meredith Rude
Emilee Smith
Gabrielle Pierle
Madison VanAusdal
Carolyn Gordon
John Braden
Mark Skrade
Jeremy Austin
Ken Diemer
Chris Nelson
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The Silver Swan
BY ORLANDO GIBBONS
The silver swan, who living had no note,
When death approached, unlocked her silent throat;
Leaning her breast against the reedy shore,
Thus sung her first and last, and sung no more:
“Farewell, all joys; Oh death, come close mine eyes;
More geese than swans now live, more fools than wise.”
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