by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Love is the fire
Language: English
Love is the fire that burns me, The smokes are thoughts confused, Which dim my soul, my soul, And hath my sense abused. Though fire to ashes turn me, Yet doth the smoke more grieve me, That dims my mind, Whose light should still relieve me.
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 Bateson (c1570 - c1630), "Love is the fire", 1618. [text verified 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Tinelot Wittermans
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 46