by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Thrice blessèd be the giver
Language: English
Thrice blessèd be the giver That gave sweet love that golden quiver, And live he long among the gods anointed That made the arrow-heads sharp-pointed: If either of them both had quailèd, She of my love and I of hers had failèd.
Lyrics from the Song-Books of the Elizabethan Age, ed. by A. H. Bullen, London, John C. Nimmo, 1887, page 135.
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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 Giles Farnaby (c1563 - 1640), "Thrice blessèd be the giver", published 1598 [vocal quartet], from the collection Canzonets to four voices [text verified 1 time]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2014-02-25
Line count: 6
Word count: 42