by Francis Beaumont (1584 - 1616) and by John Fletcher (1579 - 1625)
Come, you whose loves are dead
Language: English
Come, you whose loves are dead, And whiles I sing, Weep and wring Ev'ry hand, ev'ry head Bind with cypress and sad yew, Ribbons black and candles blue, For him that was of men most true. Come with heavy moaning, And on his grave Let him have Sacrifice of sighs and groaning. Let him have fair flow'rs enow, White and purple, green and yellow, For him that was of men most true.
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Authorship:
- by Francis Beaumont (1584 - 1616) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by John Fletcher (1579 - 1625) [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 Julius Benedict (1804 - 1885), "Dirge for the faithful lover", 1862 [ chorus ], partsong [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Ivor (Bertie) Gurney (1890 - 1937), "Come, you whose loves are dead", 1925 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by John Theodore Livingston Raynor (1909 - 1970), "Come, You Whose Loves Are Dead", op. 419 (1953) [sung text not yet checked]
Researcher for this page: Virginia Knight
This text was added to the website: 2003-11-06
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Word count: 72