by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Stay, cruel, stay!
Language: English
Stay, cruel, stay! Pity mine anguish! And, if I languish For that which you do bear away, Ah, how can you be so unkind As not to grieve for that you leave behind? And if you'll go, yet let your pity stay. But will you go and show that you neglect me? Yet say farewell, and seem but to respect 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 John Danyel (1564 - 1626), "Stay, cruel, stay!" [text verified 1 time]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 9
Word count: 61