by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Love me again
Language: English
Alas, dear heart! what hope had I If that I might your grace attain! And since I love you faithfully, Why should ye not love me again? Methinks of right ye should me love, For well ye know I do not feign, Nor ever shall ye other prove: Therfore, sweetheart, love me again. I dare well say if that ye know How long that I have suffered pain, Ye would not change me for no new, But, even of right, love me again. For as your own ye may be sure Ye have my heart still to remain: It liveth in you me to recure, Therefore, sweetheart, love me again. In hope I live, and have done long, Trusting yet still for to obtain; And sure, methinks, I have great wrong If that I be not loved again.
Authorship:
- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author, written c1550 [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 John Theodore Livingston Raynor (1909 - 1970), "Love me again", op. 293 (1951), published 1971 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Ken Edensor
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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