by Thomas Campion (1567 - 1620)
Neuer loue vnlesse you can
Language: English
Neuer loue vnlesse you can
Beare with all the faults of man :
Men sometimes will iealous bee,
Though but little cause they see ;
And hang the head, as discontent,
And speak what straight they will repent.
Men that but one Saint adore,
Make a shew of loue to more :
Beauty must be scorn'd in none,
Though but truely seru'd in one :
For what is courtship but disguise?
True hearts may haue dissembling eyes.
Men when their affaires require,
Must a while themselues retire :
Sometimes hunt, and sometimes hawke,
And not euer sit and talke.
If these, and such like you can beare,
Then like, and loue, and neuer fear.
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), "Neuer loue vnlesse you can", published 1617, from the collection The Third and Fourth Booke of Ayres - The Third Booke, no. 14. [text verified 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2007-11-16
Line count: 18
Word count: 109