by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Ye bubbling springs that gentle music makes
Language: English
Ye bubbling springs that gentle music makes To lovers’ plaints with heart-sore throbs immixed, When as my dear this way her pleasure takes, Tell her with tears how firm my love is fixed; And, Philomel, report my timerous fears, And, echo, sound my heigh-ho’s in her ears: But if she asks if I for love will die, Tell her, Good faith, good faith, good faith, — not I.
Lyrics from the Song-Books of the Elizabethan Age, ed. by A. H. Bullen, London, John C. Nimmo, 1887, page 172.
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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 Thomas Greaves (fl. 1604), "Ye bubbling springs that gentle music makes", published 1604, from the collection Songs of Sundry Kinds [text verified 1 time]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2014-02-25
Line count: 8
Word count: 68