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Dreams and imaginations Are all the recreations Absence can gaine me, Dreames when I wake, confound me, Thoughts for her sake doth wound me Lest she disdaine me, Then sinking let me lie, Or thinking let me die, Since love hath slaine me. Dreames are but coward and doe Much good they dare not stand to, Asham'd of the morrow, Thoughts like a child that winketh, Hee's not beguild that thinketh, Hath peir'st me thorow, Both filling me with blisses, Both killing me with kisses, Dying in sorrow. Dreames with their false pretences, And thoughts confounds my senses In the conclusion, Which is like a glasse did shew mee What came to passe and threw mee Into confusion, Shee made me leave all other, Yet she has got another, This was abusion.
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 Robert Jones (fl. 1597-1615), "Dreams and imaginations", published 1601, from Second Booke of Songs and Ayres [text verified 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):
- GER German (Deutsch) (Linda Godry) , title 1: "Träume und Fantastereien", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Linda Godry
This text was added to the website: 2007-08-15
Line count: 27
Word count: 132
Träume und Fantastereien Sind Beschäftigungen Die ich in Einsamkeit pflege, Träume, die mich beim Erwachen verwirrt zurücklassen, Gedanken an sie, die mich mir wehtun Da sie mich verschmäht, lass mich zusammensinken und liegen bleiben, oder grübelnd sterben, denn die Liebe hat mich nieder geworfen. Wunschträume sind für Feiglinge und Opfer Solche, die sich der Wahrheit nicht stellen wollen, die sich vor dem Morgen schämen/fürchten, wie ein Kind die Augen verschließt, nicht hinsieht, wer bei Verstand ist, der lässt sich nicht verführen, Du hast mich ganz durchbohrt, füllst mich mit Seligkeit, wie du mich tötest mit Küssen, das ich sterbe voller Gram. Träume sind Schäume, meine Gedanken führen mich ohne Ende im Kreis, zeigen mir wie ein Spiegel was geschah und mich zunehmend verwirrte, Sie hieß mich alle anderen meiden, und doch wendete sie sich einem anderen zu, so missbrauchte sie mein Vertrauen.
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- a text in English by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist
This text was added to the website: 2007-08-15
Line count: 27
Word count: 142
