by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
My throat is sore
Language: English
My throat is sore my voice is hoarse with skriking, My rests are sighs, deep from the heart-root fetched. My song runs all on sharps, and with oft striking Time on my breats, I I shrink with hands out-stretched. Thus still and still I sing, and ne'er am linning, For still the close points to my first beginning.
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), "My throat is sore", published 1598 [ vocal sextet], madrigal [text verified 1 time]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2004-12-08
Line count: 6
Word count: 58