by Geoffrey Chaucer (c1343 - 1400)
Hide, Absalom, thy guilty tresses clear
Language: English
Hide, Absalom, thy guilty tresses clear; Esther, lay thou thy meekness all a-down; Hide Jonathas, all thy friendly manère; Penelope, and Marcia Catoun. Make of your wifehood no comparisoun; Hide ye your beauties, Isoud and Elaine. My lady cometh, that all this may distain. The faire body, let it not appear, Lavyn; and thou, Lucress of Rome town, And Polixene, that broughten love so dear; And Cleopatr will all thy passion, Hide ye your truth of love and your renown; And thou, Tisbe, that hast of love such pain. My lady cometh, that all this may distain. Hero, Dido, Laodomia, all y-frere, And Phyllis, hanging for thy Demophoun, And Canace, espiéd by thy chere, Ysyphile, betrayséd with Jasoun, Make of your truthé neither boast ne soun; Nor Hypermestr or Adriane, ye twain. My lady cometh, that all this may distain.
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- by Geoffrey Chaucer (c1343 - 1400) [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 Geoffrey Bush (1920 - 1998), "Hide, Absalom, thy guilty tresses clear", 1976 [ tenor and soprano ], from A Little Love Music, no. 1, Confirmed with a CD booklet [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2019-09-19
Line count: 21
Word count: 140