by John Lyly (1553 - 1606)
My Daphne's hair is twisted gold
Language: English
My Daphne's hair is twisted gold, Bright stars a-piece her eyes do hold, My Daphne's brow enthrones the graces, My Daphne's beauty stains all faces; On Daphne's cheek grow rose and cherry, On Daphne's lip a sweeter berry; Daphne's snowy hand but touched does melt, And then no heavenlier warmth is felt; My Daphne's voice tunes all the spheres, My Daphne's music charms all ears; Fond am I thus to sing her praise, These glories now are turned to bays.
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Confirmed with The Book of Elizabethan Verse, ed. by William Stanley Braithwaite, 1907.
Authorship:
- by John Lyly (1553 - 1606), "Daphne" [author's text checked 1 time 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 Joel Weiss , "My Daphne's hair", 2010. [voice and piano] [text not verified]
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This text was added to the website: 2013-09-11
Line count: 12
Word count: 80