by Henry Reynolds (1564 - 1632)
Cloris Singing
Language: English
Yes, yes, 'tis Cloris sings, 'tis she; Mark how the Nymphs and Shepheards all Flock to her: so the Master Bee The swarm leads with his awfull call; So to the Thracian Lyre the floods Resorted, and the listning woods: So shoals of Dolphins on the green wav's spring, When Doris or her Sea-born daughters sing. And so her Notes ther hearts benum: One looks pale, others eyes ore flow With tears of pleasure, perhaps some, Distill from sad hearts, teares of woe; But as if fetter'd in a chain To soft their passions felt no paine, Shee stops no sooner, but th'inchanted throng Straight cry, sweet Cloris sing an other song.
Authorship:
- by Henry Reynolds (1564 - 1632) [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 Henry Lawes (c1595 - 1662), "Cloris Singing", published 1655 [ voice and continuo ], from The Second Book of Ayres, and Dialogues, no. 19, Confirmed with The Second Book of Ayres and Dialogues, for One, Two, and Three, by Henry Lawes , John Playford, London 1655, Page 16. [sung text checked 1 time]
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