by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Say, wanton, will you love me?
Language: English
Say, wanton, will you love me? I love no long delaying. Whilst that you strive to prove me, I fear your love's decaying. Fear not my love's decaying, whilst that you strive to prove me. I love no long delaying, come, wanton, then and love me.
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), "Say, wanton, will you love me?", published 1608 [three-part chorus a cappella], from the collection Ayres or Phantasticke Sprits for Three Voices, no. 16, Thomas Este, London [text verified 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2013-04-26
Line count: 8
Word count: 46