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by Thomas Carew (1595? - 1639?)

A Dialogue betwene a Lover and Reason
Language: English 
Love:
Weepe not, nor backward turne your beames, 
Fond eyes; sad sighes, locke in your breath, 
Lest on this winde, or in those streams, 
My griev'd soule flie, or saile to death, 
Fortune destroys me if I stay, 
Love kils me if I goe away; 
Since Love and Fortune both are blind, 
Come Reason and resolve my doubtfull mind.

Reason:

Fly, fly, and blind Fortune be thy guide, 
And gainst the blinder God rebell; 
Thy love sick heart shall not reside 
Where scorn and selfe-wild Error dwell, 
Where entrance unto truth is barr'd, 
Where love and faith finde no reward; 
For my just hand may sometimes move 
The wheele of Fortune, not the sphere of Love.

Chorus:

Fly, fly, and blind Fortune bee thy guide, 
And gainst the blinder God rebell, 
Thy love-sick heart shall not reside 
Where scorn and selfe-willd Error dwell.

Text Authorship:

  • by Thomas Carew (1595? - 1639?) [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 Henry Lawes (c1595 - 1662), "A Dialogue betwene a Lover and Reason", published 1655 [ voice and continuo ], from The Second Book of Ayres, and Dialogues, no. 36, Confirmed with The Second Book of Ayres and Dialogues, for One, Two, and Three, by Henry Lawes, John Playford, London 1655, Page 30. [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this page: Iain Sneddon [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2021-12-31
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