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Two Early Songs

Song Cycle by M. Ryan Taylor (b. 1972)

1. Come let us Kiss and Part
 (Sung text)

Language: English 
Since there's no help, come let us kiss and part;
Nay, I have done, you get no more of me,
And I am glad, yea glad with all my heart
That thus so cleanly I can free;
Shake hands forever, cancel all our vows,
And when we meet at any time again,
Be it not seen in either of our brows
That we one jot of former love retain.
Now at the last gasp of Love's latest breath,
When, his pulse failing, Passion speechless lies,
When Faith is kneeling by his bed of death,
And Innocence is closing up his eyes,
    Now if thou wouldst, when all have given him over,
    From death to life thou mightst him yet recover.

Text Authorship:

  • by Michael Drayton (1563 - 1631), title 1: "Love's Farewell", title 2: "The Parting", written 1619

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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • GER German (Deutsch) (Richard Flatter) , "Abschied", appears in Die Fähre, Englische Lyrik aus fünf Jahrhunderten, first published 1936

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

2. Happy is the Man

Language: English 
— This text is not currently
in the database but will be added
as soon as we obtain it. —

Text Authorship:

  • by Bible or other Sacred Texts , from Proverbs 3:13-20

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Total word count: 120
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