The slave of love I'll never be, My soul defies the urchin's art; Go, blind deceiver, go and play On softer hearts thy treacherous part. On mine thy boasted power is lost, Deceitful boy, thy wiles are vain; I laugh to scorn thy dreadful frown, And treat thy proffers with disdain. To friendship only will I give Those vows which others to thee pay, And bless'd with her seraphic smile, My days in peace will glide away.
M. Southcote sets stanzas 1, 3, 2
About the headline (FAQ)
View text with all available footnotesConfirmed with The Casket: Consisting of Literary, Entertaining, and Instructive Tales, Original Essays, Delineations of Character, Facetia, Poetry, the Gems of Modern Literature, &c. &c. &c., Saturday November 3, 1827, no. 39, London: Cowie and Strange, page 312.
Note provided by Emily Ezust: Southcote's setting uses the word "arts" in stanza 1, line 2, word 6, but this is probably a misprint as the final word in the stanza was not changed to "parts" and would not have made sense.
Authorship:
- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author ( S. D. ) , "The Resolve " [author's text checked 1 time 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 Mary Southcote , "The Slave of Love I'll Never Be", published 1815?, stanzas 1,3,2 [ voice and piano ], from Six Songs & Duetts, no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2024-01-02
Line count: 12
Word count: 77