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by John Lyly (1553 - 1606)

My Daphne's hair is twisted gold
Language: English 
My Daphne's hair is twisted gold,
Bright stars a-piece her eyes do hold,
My Daphne's brow enthrones the graces,
My Daphne's beauty stains all faces;
On Daphne's cheek grow rose and cherry,
On Daphne's lip a sweeter berry;
Daphne's snowy hand but touched does melt,
And then no heavenlier warmth is felt;
My Daphne's voice tunes all the spheres,
My Daphne's music charms all ears;
Fond am I thus to sing her praise,
These glories now are turned to bays.

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Confirmed with The Book of Elizabethan Verse, ed. by William Stanley Braithwaite, 1907.


Text Authorship:

  • by John Lyly (1553 - 1606), "Daphne" [author's text checked 1 time 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 Joel Weiss , "My Daphne's hair", 2010. [voice and piano] [
     text not verified 
    ]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2013-09-11
Line count: 12
Word count: 80

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