by Thomas Campion (1567 - 1620)
When thou must home
Language: English
When thou must home to shades of under ground, And there arriv'd a newe admired guest, The beauteous sprits do ingirt thee round, White Iope, blith Hellen, and the rest, To heare the stories of thy finisht love, From that smoothe toong whose musicke hall can move. Then wilt thou speake of banqueting delights, Of masks and revels which sweete youth did make, Of Turnies and great challanges of knights, And all these triumphes for thy beauties sake, When thou hast told these honours done to thee, Then tell, O tell how thou didst murther me.
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), "When thou must home", published 1601, from the collection A Booke of Ayres = A Book of Airs, no. 20. [text verified 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Linda Godry
This text was added to the website: 2006-05-04
Line count: 12
Word count: 96