by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
The nightingale
Language: English
The Nightingale so pleasant & so gay, in greenewood groves, delights to make his dwelling, in fields to flye, chanting his roundelaye, at lyberty, against the Cage rebelling. But my poore hart with sorowes over swelling, through bondayge vyle, bynding my freedome short, no pleasure takes in these his sports excelling, nor in his song receiveth no comfort.
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 William Byrd (1542?3? - 1623), "The nightingale", published 1589 [SAT chorus a cappella], from the collection Songs of sundrie natures, no. 9. [text verified 1 time]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2010-08-09
Line count: 8
Word count: 58