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by Thomas Campion (1567 - 1620)

Lighten, heauy heart, thy spright
Language: English 
Lighten, heauy heart, thy spright,
      The ioyes recall that thence are fled ;
Yeeld thy brest some liuing light ;
      The man that nothing doth is dead.
Tune thy temper to these sounds,
      And quicken so thy ioylesse minde ;
Sloth the worst and best confounds :
      It is the ruine of mankinde.

From her caue rise all distasts,
      Which vnresolu'd Despaire pursues ;
Whom soone after, Violence hasts,
      Her selfe vngratefull to abuse.
Skies are clear'd with stirring windes,
      Th' vnmoued water moorish growes ;
Eu'ry eye much pleasure findes
      To view a streame that brightly flowes.

Text Authorship:

  • by Thomas Campion (1567 - 1620) [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 Thomas Campion (1567 - 1620), "Lighten, heauy heart, thy spright", published c1613, from the collection Two Bookes of Ayres - The First Booke, no. 19. [
     text verified 1 time
    ]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2007-11-16
Line count: 16
Word count: 92

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