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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Cupids Embassie
Language: English 
Goe little winged Archer and convey 
A flaming dart
Into her heart,
Then steal away 
As soone as thou hast set her all on fire, 
And left her burning in her chaste desire.

Thus teach her what it is to love, that she
When that her eyes
Doe tyrannize
May pity me;
And know the flame that hath my heart possest
By the distemper of her scorched breast.

And when she burns if shee'l appease my flame
With smiles which fly,
Oft as her eye,
I'le doe the same;
So may we love, and burn, but ne'r expire,
While we add fuell to each others fire.

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), "Cupids Embassie", published 1655 [ voice and continuo ], from The Second Book of Ayres, and Dialogues, no. 5, Confirmed with The Second Book of Ayres and Dialogues, for One, Two, and Three, by Henry Lawes , John Playford, London 1655, Page 6. [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this page: Iain Sneddon [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2021-12-27
Line count: 18
Word count: 106

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