by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Flow not so fast, ye fountains
Language: English
Flow not so fast, ye fountains; What needeth all this haste? Swell not above your mountains, Nor spend your time in waste. Gentle springs, freshly your salt tears Must still fall dropping from their spheres. Weep they apace whom Reason Or ling'ring Time can ease. My sorrow can no Season, Nor aught besides, appease. Gentle springs, freshly your salt tears Must still fall dropping from their spheres. Time can abate the terror Of every common pain; But common grief is error, True grief will still remain. Gentle springs, freshly your salt tears Must still fall dropping from their spheres.
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 John Dowland (1562 - 1626), "Flow not so fast, ye fountains", from the collection The Third and Last Book of Songs or Airs, 1603. [text verified 1 time]
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 18
Word count: 99