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Posted: Oct. 06 2000, 12:25

I need that lyrics. Somebody can send me the lyrics please? thx.
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Posted: Oct. 07 2000, 08:06

AFAIK there are no lyrics in Inc. 3 except for the melisms on "Diana, Luna, Lucina" from Part 1.
There ARE lyrics in Inc. 2 and 4, and you can find 'em right here: www.tubular.net/lyrics .

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Posted: Oct. 08 2000, 12:27

Oh thanks but I can hear girls singing at the end of part 3. I think that's part 3...
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Posted: Oct. 08 2000, 18:07

No, Pikalcazar...it's Part 4. wink The ending of Part 3 is just loud guitars and synths.

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Posted: Oct. 10 2000, 13:12

Aaaah, I understand now, thank you very much. So the excerpt in XXV album is from part 4...
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Posted: Oct. 15 2000, 11:43

Ok, now I have the album and I can hear the lyrics, it's really cool, but Mike repeats some parts in the entire album...
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Posted: Oct. 28 2000, 20:30

The only repeated lyrics are "Diana, Luna, Lucina", by the chorus, first in Part 1 and then somewhere in the middle of Part 3 [so, people on the mailing list arguing, some time ago, that Inc. was 4 totally independent parts are completely wrong!! smile]. The other repetition only concerns the music: the same melody is used (with different arrangements) for Song of Hiawatha (end of Part 2) and Hymn to Diana (end of Part 4).



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Posted: Oct. 31 2000, 13:11

Excuse me, "Hymn to Diana" is the same as "Ode to Cynthia"?
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Posted: July 03 2001, 18:24

"Ode to Cynthia", on the cover, is wrong. The real title of Ben Jonson's poem is "Hymn to Diana" smile


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Posted: July 06 2001, 15:06

The lyrics from part 4:

Queen and huntress, chaste and fair,
Now the sun is laid to sleep,
Seated in thy silver chair,
State in wonted manner keep.

Earth, let not thy envious shade
Dare itself to interpose;
Cynthia's shining orb was made
Heaven to cheer when day did close.

Lay thy bow of pearl apart,
And thy crystal-shining quiver,
Give unto the flying hart
Space to breathe, how short soever.

Hesperus entreats thy light,
Goddess excellently bright.
Bless us then with wished sight
Thou that mak'st a day of night
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Posted: July 07 2001, 13:06

So this is really called "Hymn to Diana" even though Cynthia is mentioned in the lyrics?
Maybe "Hymn to Cynthia" then? wink
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Posted: July 08 2001, 02:05

Perhaps I should explain...

See, I have, together with Mary-Carol, been researching this...the full revelations will be made in a web page fairly soon, but just to answer the question here:

The poem goes under a various number of titles, as it actually comes from a play, and therefore was probably not given a title by Ben Jonson himself.

Cynthia is one of the characters from the play - we could perhaps say, therefore, that Ode to Cynthia is more correct. Hymn to Diana is a more commonly used title, though.

This is because Cynthia and Diana are the same person - Virgin goddess of the moon.

More details will, as I said before, be available on the web very soon.
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