A Sparrow-Hawk proud did hold in wicked jail Music's sweet chorister, the nightingale, To whom with sighs she said: "O set me free! And in my song I'll praise no bird but thee." The hawk replied, "I will not lose my diet To let a thousand such enjoy their quiet."
Madrigals of Six Parts
Song Cycle by Thomas Weelkes (1576 - 1623)
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Lyrics from the Song-Books of the Elizabethan Age, ed. by A. H. Bullen, London, John C. Nimmo, 1887, page 2.Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
?. Like two proud armies marching in the field  [sung text checked 1 time]
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Like two proud armies marching in the field, -- Joining a thund’ring fight, each scorns to yield, -- So in my heart your beauty and my reason: One claims the crown, the other says ’tis treason. But oh! your beauty shineth as the sun; And dazzled reason yields as quite undone.
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Confirmed with Lyrics from the Song-Books of the Elizabethan Age, ed. by A. H. Bullen, London, John C. Nimmo, 1887, page 68.
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
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