by John Dryden (1631 - 1700)
Shepherd, leave decoying
Language: English
Shepherd, shepherd, leave decoying: Pipes are sweet on summer's day, But a little after toying, Women have the shot to pay. Here are marriage-vows for signing: Set their marks that cannot write, After that, without repining, Play, and welcome, day and night.
Authorship:
- by John Dryden (1631 - 1700) [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), "Shepherd, leave decoying", Z. 628 no. 16 (1691) [ duet for high voice and low voice ], from the incidental music to King Arthur or The British Worthy, no. 16 [sung text checked 1 time]
Set in a modified version by Henry Purcell.
Researcher for this page: Siân Goldthorpe
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 42