by Thomas Howell (flourished 1568-1581)
Who would have thought that face of...
Language: English
Who would have thought that face of thine Had been so full of doubleness? Or [else]1 within those crystal eyne Had [rest]2 so much unstableness? Thy face so fair, thy look so strange, Who would have thought [so full of]3 change?
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View original text (without footnotes)1 Farmer: "that"
2 Farmer: "been"
3 Farmer: "of such a"
Text Authorship:
- by Thomas Howell (flourished 1568-1581), "Who Would Have Thought -" [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 John Farmer (c1570 - c1601?5), "Who would have thought that face of thine", published 1599 [ chorus ], from First Set of English Madrigals [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Ivor (Bertie) Gurney (1890 - 1937), "Who would have thought that face of thine", c1921-1922 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2014-02-23
Line count: 6
Word count: 44