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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Sweete come againe
Language: English 
Sweete come againe,
your happie sight so much desir'd
since you from hence are now retir'd
I seeke in vaine,
stil must I mourn,
& pine in longing paine,
till you my liues delight
againe vouchsafe your wisht returne.
If true desire,
Or faithfull vow of endless loue,
Thy heart enflam'd may kindly moue
With equall fire;
O then my ioies.
So long distraught shall rest,
Reposed soft in thy chast brest,
Exempt from all annoies.

You had the power
My wandring thoughts first to restraine,
You first did heare my loue speake plaine,
A child before:
Now it is growne
Confirm'd, do you it keep,
And let it safe in your bosome sleepe,
There euer made your owne.

And till we meete,
Teach absence inward art to find,
Both to disturbe and please the mind,
Such thoughts are sweete,
And such remaine
In hearts whole flames are true,
Then such will I retaine till you
To me returne againe.

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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 Blair Fairchild (1877 - 1933), "Sweet come again" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by John Theodore Livingston Raynor (1909 - 1970), "Sweet, Come Again!", op. 122 (1946) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by John Theodore Livingston Raynor (1909 - 1970), "Sweet, Come Again", op. 552 (1959) [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Philip Rosseter (1567?8 - 1623), "Sweete come againe", published 1601 [sung text checked 1 time]

Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2023-04-22
Line count: 32
Word count: 160

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