by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
When first by force
Language: English
When first by force of fatal destenie, from Carthage towne the Troian knight dyd sayle, Queene Dido fayre, with wofull weeping eye, his strange depart did grevously bewaile, And when no sighes nor teares could ease her smart, with sword ful sharp, she pearst her tender hart.
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), "When first by force", published 1589 [SATTB chorus a cappella], from the collection Songs of sundrie natures, no. 31, note: this is no. 32 in the 1610 edition [text verified 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2010-08-09
Line count: 6
Word count: 47