by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Since the pox or the plague
Language: English
Since the pox or the plague, of inconstancy reigns In most of the women o' the town, What ridiculous fop would trouble his brains To make the lewd devils lie down. No more in dull rhyme, or some heavier strain, Will I of the jades or their jilting complain, My court I will make to things more divine, The pleasures of friendship, freedom and wine. We'll Venus adore For a goddess no more, That old lady whore; But Bacchus we'll court, Who doth drinking support; Let the world sink or swim, Sirrah! fill to the brim!
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), "Since the pox or the plague", Z. 471 (<<1678), published 1679. [text verified 1 time]
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 15
Word count: 96