 | Frederick J. Crowest - 1878 - 344 pages
...called), and who was organist of Westminster Abbey before he was drowned in 1569. It reads as follows: " Death, passing by and hearing Parsons play, Stood...sing on, For Parsons rests, his service being done." Perhaps the most elegant of the compositions of this kind which we possess is the one which Dr. Johnson... | |
 | 1904 - 850 pages
...epitaphs of early organists are of humorous interest. The following is that of one Robert Parsons: "Death, passing by and hearing Parsons play, Stood...death bereaves us of the better still; But let the squire, while he keeps time, sing on, For Parsons rests, his service being done." These lines commemorate... | |
 | Leslie Stephen - 1895 - 488 pages
...children — William, Dorothy, and Thomasine. The following lines by Camden refer to John Parsons : Death, passing by and hearing Parsons play, Stood...death bereaves us of the better still), But let the quire, while he keeps time, sing on, For Parsons rests, his service being done. A burial service by... | |
 | John Ebenezer West - 1899 - 164 pages
...Camden's " Remaines concerning Britain" (1657) contains the following epitaph upon Parsons* : — " Death passing by and hearing Parsons play Stood much...death bereaves us of the better still ; But let the quire, while he keeps time, sing on, For Parsons rests, his service being done." ORLANDO GIBBONS, Mus.B.,... | |
 | John Ebenezer West - 1899 - 164 pages
...Camden's " Remaines concerning Britain" (1657) contains the following epitaph upon Parsons* :— " Death passing by and hearing Parsons play Stood much amazed at his depth pf skill, And said, ' This artist must with me away,' For death bereaves us of the better still; But... | |
 | Charles Francis Abdy Williams - 1903 - 368 pages
...epitaph on Robert Parsons, or Persons, organist of Westminster Abbey, is quoted by Hawkins : — ' " Death, passing by and hearing Parsons play, Stood...death bereaves us of the better still ; But let the quire, while he keeps time, sing on, For Parsons rests, his service being done." The following' epitaph... | |
 | 1917 - 1426 pages
...children — William, Dorothy, and Thomasine. The following lines by Camden refer to John Parsons: Death, passing by and hearing Parsons play, Stood...away ' (For death bereaves us of the better still), Bnt let the quire, while he keeps time, sing on, For Parsons rests, his service being done. A burial... | |
 | Jeffrey Pulver - 1927 - 566 pages
...performer was above the average if the epitaph on Parsons (in Camden's Remained) is to be credited : " Death passing by and hearing Parsons play, Stood much...of skill. And said, ' This artist must with me away '." We meet with him first as parish clerk and organist at St. Margaret's, Westminster, in 1616. Five... | |
 | Peter Le Huray - 1978 - 492 pages
...whose unusual epitaph found its way into the 1657 edition of Camden's Remaines Concerning Britain: Death passing by and hearing Parsons play, Stood much...of the better, still) But let the choir, while he keeps time, sing on For Parson[s] rests, his service being done. In all probability customs differed... | |
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Parsons : Death, passing by and hearing Parsons play, Stood much amazed at his depth of skill, And said, ' This artist must with me away ' (For death bereaves us of the better still), But let the quire, while he keeps time, sing on, For Parsons rests,... 