by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Have all our passions?
Language: English
Have all our passions certain proper vents, And sorrow none that is her own, But she must borrow others' complements To make her inward feelings known? Are joy's delights and death's compassion shown With one like face and one lamenting part? Then only thou, poor heart, That know'st more reason why, Pine, fret, consume, swell, burst and die.
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 Danyel (1564 - 1626), "Have all our passions?", from Mrs. M. E. Her Funeral Tears for the Death of her Husband, no. 3. [text verified 1 time]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 9
Word count: 58