by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
I sung sometimes my thoughts
Language: English
I sung sometimes my thoughts and fancy's pleasure Where then I list, or time served best and leisure, While Daphne did invite me To supper once, and drank to me to spite me. I smiled: yet still did doubt her, and drank where she had drank before to flout her But O while I did eye her, Mine eyes drank love, my lips drank burning fire.
Authorship:
- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by John Wilbye (1574 - 1638), "I sung sometimes my thoughts", published 1598 [ vocal quintet], from the collection First Set of English Madrigals, madrigal [text verified 1 time]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2004-12-08
Line count: 8
Word count: 66