by Thomas Campion (1567 - 1620)
Turne backe you wanton flyer
Language: English
Turne backe you wanton flyer, And answere my desire Wth mutuall greeting, Yet bende a little neerer, True beauty stil shines clerer In closer meeting, Harts with harts delighted Should strive to be united, Either others armes with armes enchayning, Harts with a thought, rosie lips With a kisse still entertaining. What harvest halfe so sweete is As still so reape the kisses Growne ripe in sowing, And straight to be receiver, Of that which thou art giver, Rich in bestowing. There's no strickt observing, Of times, or seasons changing, There is ever one fresh spring abiding, Then what we sow woth our lips Let us reape loves gaines deviding.
Authorship:
- by Thomas Campion (1567 - 1620) [author's text checked 1 time 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 Thomas Campion (1567 - 1620), "Turne backe you wanton flyer", published 1601, from the collection A Booke of Ayres = A Book of Airs, no. 7. [text verified 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Linda Godry
This text was added to the website: 2006-05-02
Line count: 22
Word count: 110