by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
The Gods have heard my vows
Language: English
The Gods have heard my vows, fond Lyce whose fair brows won't scorn with such disdain, my love, my tears, my pain. Fa, la, la, etc. But now those springtime roses are turn'd to winter poses, to rue and thyme and sage fitting that shrivell'd age. Fa, la, la, etc. Now youths with hot desire see that flameless fire which erst your hearts so burn'd quick into ashes turn'd. Fa, la, la, etc.
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 Thomas Weelkes (1576 - 1623), "The Gods have heard my vows", published 1608 [three-part chorus a cappella], from the collection Ayres or Phantasticke Sprits for Three Voices, no. 8, Thomas Este, London [text verified 1 time]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2013-04-26
Line count: 15
Word count: 73