o solitude

• z 406 katalog numarali henry purcell sarkisi.. alfred deller ya da gerard lesne'den dinlenmelidir. katherine philip tarafindan fransiz sair antoine girard de saint-amant'in (1594-1661) "la solitude" adli siirinden tercume edilip adapte edilmis olan sozleri de soyledir:
  
  o solitude, my sweetest choice!
  places devoted to the night,
  remote from tumult and from noise,
  how ye my restless thoughts delight!
  o solitude, my sweetest choice!
  o heav'ns! what content is mine
  to see these trees, which have appear'd
  from the nativity of time,
  and which all ages have rever'd,
  to look today as fresh and green
  as when their beauties first were seen.
  o, how agreeable a sight
  these hanging mountains do appear,
  which th' unhappy would invite
  to finish all their sorrows here,
  when their hard fate makes them endure
  such woes as only death can cure.
  o, how i solitude adore!
  that element of noblest wit,
  where i have learnt apollo's lore,
  without the pains to study it.
  for thy sake i in love am grown
  with what thy fancy does pursue;
  but when i think upon my own,
  i hate it for that reason too,
  because it needs must hinder me
  from seeing and from serving thee.
  o solitude, o how i solitude adore!