by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Let formal lovers still pursue
Language: English
Let formal lovers still pursue, I envy not their care, A tedious siege perhaps may do At last to gain the fair, Such whining methods I disdain A mistress to oblige, Where a fair summons will not gain, The town's not worth a siege. The Eastern monarch's victories Had not gone on so far, Had he engag'd his enemies By formal steps of war. To general beauty I lay claim, From each fair eye 'tis hurl'd, Where'er I come, like him I'll gain And love o'er all the world.
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 Henry Purcell (1658/9 - 1695), "Let formal lovers still pursue", Z. 391, published 1687. [text verified 1 time]
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 89