Since there's no help, come let us kiss and part; Nay, I have done, you get no more of me, And I am glad, yea glad with all my heart That thus so cleanly I can free; Shake hands forever, cancel all our vows, And when we meet at any time again, Be it not seen in either of our brows That we one jot of former love retain. Now at the last gasp of Love's latest breath, When, his pulse failing, Passion speechless lies, When Faith is kneeling by his bed of death, And Innocence is closing up his eyes, Now if thou wouldst, when all have given him over, From death to life thou mightst him yet recover.
Two Early Songs
Song Cycle by M. Ryan Taylor (b. 1972)
1. Come let us Kiss and Part  [sung text checked 1 time]
Language: English
Authorship:
- by Michael Drayton (1563 - 1631), "Love's Farewell", written 1619
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- GER German (Deutsch) (Richard Flatter) , "Abschied", appears in Die Fähre, Englische Lyrik aus fünf Jahrhunderten, first published 1936
2. Happy is the Man
Language: English
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