by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Awake, sweet Love! ’tis time to rise
Language: English
Awake, sweet Love! ’tis time to rise: Phœbus is risen in the east, Spreading his beams on those fair eyes Which are enclosed with Nature’s rest. Awake, awake from heavy sleep Which all thy thoughts in silence keep!
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 Henry Youll (flourished 1608), "Awake, sweet Love! ’tis time to rise", published 1608 [vocal trio], from Canzonets to three voices [text verified 1 time]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2014-02-23
Line count: 6
Word count: 38