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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

A Remembrance
Language: English 
On this swelling bank (once proud
Of its burthen) Cloris lay:
Heer she smis'd, and did uncloud 
Those bright suns ecclips the day. 

Heere we sate, and with kind art
She about me twin'd her arms,
Claspd in hers my hand and heart
Fetter'd by those pleasing charms.

Heer my love and joyes she crownd
Whil'st the hours stood still before me,
With a killing glance did wound
And a melting kisse restore me.

On the down of eyther breast
Whil'st with joy my soule retir'd,
My resigning heart did rest
Till her lips new life inspir'd.

The renewing of these sights,
Doth with griefe and pleasure fill me,
And the thought of those delights
Both at once revive and kill me.

Henry Lawes' setting ascribes the text to "Mr. I. G."

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 Henry Lawes (c1595 - 1662), "A Remembrance", published 1655 [ voice and continuo ], from The Second Book of Ayres, and Dialogues, no. 17, Confirmed with The Second Book of Ayres and Dialogues, for One, Two, and Three, by Henry Lawes , John Playford, London 1655, Page 15. [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this page: Iain Sneddon [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2021-12-30
Line count: 20
Word count: 122

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