by Thomas Campion (1567 - 1620)
Fire, fire, fire
Language: English
Fire, fire, fire, fire, Loe here I burne in such desire, That all the treares that I can straine Out of mine idle empty braine, Cannot allay my scorching paine. Come Trent and Humber, and fyre Thames, Dread Ocean haste with alll thy streames: And if you cannot quench my fire, O drowne both me, and my desire. Fire, fire, fire, fire, There is no hell to my desire: See all the Rivers backward flye, And th'Ocean doth his waves deny, For feare my heate should drink them dry. Come heav'nly showres then pouring downe; Come you that once the world did drowne: Some then you spar'd, but now save all, That else must burne, and with me fall.
Authorship:
- by Thomas Campion (1567 - 1620), first published 1617 [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 Thomas Campion (1567 - 1620), "Fire, fire, fire", published 1617, from The Third and Fourth Booke of Ayres - The Third Booke, no. 10. [text verified 1 time]
- by Dirk Hol , "Fire, fire, fire", 1988, from Four songs on poems by Thomas Campion, no. 1. [text not verified]
Researcher for this page: Linda Godry
This text was added to the website: 2006-12-09
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