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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Sweete restraine these
Language: English 
Sweete restraine these showers of kindnesse,
From distrust proceeding,
Nurse not wrong conceiued blindnesse,
By too much sigh breeding.
Loue by error seemes astray,
But dies if once suspected,
Women must beleeue when they,
Most by men are neglected.
 
Some, forg'd flatteries onely venture,
Yet returne true fauours,
Iust affection like a Center,
Once fixt neuer wauers :
Easily as the day from night,
May womens eyes discouer,
If they frame their minds aright,
From the false the true louer.

Text 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 William Corkine (fl. 1610-2), "Sweete restraine these", published 1610 [voice, lute, bass viol], from the collection Airs to sing and play to the Lute and Bass-viol, no. 3. [
     text verified 1 time
    ]

Researcher for this page: Bertram Kottmann

This text was added to the website: 2016-06-08
Line count: 16
Word count: 79

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