The dark is my delight: So 'tis the nightingale's. My music's in the night; So is the nightingale's. My body is but little; So is the nightingale's. I love to sleep against the prickle; So doth the nightingale.
The Dutch Courtezan
A play - incidental music by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist
The dark is my delight Matches base text
Language: English
Text Authorship:
- by John Marston (1575? - 1634) [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):
Set by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist , 1615Researcher for this page: John Versmoren
Total word count: 38