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Love for Love

A play - incidental music by John Eccles (1668 - 1735)

?. A nymph and a swain
 (Sung text)

Language: English 
A nymph and a swain to Apollo once prayed,
The swain had been jilted, the nymph been betrayed:
Their intent was to try if his oracle knew
E'er a nymph that was chaste, or a swain that was true.

Apollo was mute, and had like t'have been pos'd,
But sagely at length he this secret disclosed:
"He alone won't betray in whom none will confide:
And the nymph may be chaste that has never been tried."

Text Authorship:

  • by William Congreve (1670 - 1729), "Song", appears in Love for Love, Act II, Scene 3

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