by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
I thought that love had been a boy
Language: English
I thought that love had beene a boy, with blinded eies, or else some other wanton toy, that men devise, like tales of fayries often told, by doting age that dies for cold.
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), "I thought that love had been a boy", published 1589 [SAATB chorus a cappella], from the collection Songs of sundrie natures, no. 32. [text verified 1 time]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2010-08-09
Line count: 4
Word count: 33