[00:00.81]Hymn - Peter Pears/Benjamin Britten/The Boyd Neel String Orchestra/Dennis Brain
[00:04.28]Lyrics by：Ben Jonson
[00:04.86]Composed by：Benjamin Britten
[00:10.70]Queen and huntress chaste and fair
[00:14.85]Now the sun is laid to sleep
[00:17.23]Seated in thy silver chair
[00:20.95]State in wonted manner keep
[00:24.84]Hesperus entreats thy light
[00:27.43]Goddess excellently bright
[00:30.03]Goddess
[00:30.53]Goddess
[00:31.43]Goddess excellently bright
[00:45.98]Earth let not thy envious shade
[00:50.43]Dare itself to interpose
[00:53.05]Cynthia's shining orb was made
[00:57.09]Heav'n to clear when day did close
[00:59.73]Bless us then with wishèd sight
[01:02.76]Bless us then with wishèd sight
[01:05.72]Goddess
[01:06.35]Goddess
[01:07.10]Goddess excellently bright
[01:15.49]Lay thy bow of pearl apart
[01:19.53]And thy crystal shining quiver
[01:22.15]Give unto the flying hart
[01:25.15]Space to breathe how short so-ever
[01:29.66]Thou that mak'st a day of night
[01:32.25]Thou that mak'st a day of night
[01:34.73]Thou that mak'st
[01:36.41]God
[01:37.49]Goddess
[01:37.91]Goddess
[01:38.68]Goddess
[01:39.41]Goddess
[01:40.21]Goddess excellently bright