LiederNet logo

CONTENTS

×
  • Home | Introduction
  • Composers (20,139)
  • Text Authors (19,552)
  • Go to a Random Text
  • What’s New
  • A Small Tour
  • FAQ & Links
  • Donors
  • DONATE

UTILITIES

  • Search Everything
  • Search by Surname
  • Search by Title or First Line
  • Search by Year
  • Search by Collection

CREDITS

  • Emily Ezust
  • Contributors (1,114)
  • Contact Information
  • Bibliography

  • Copyright Statement
  • Privacy Policy

Follow us on Facebook

Difference(s) between text #67464 and text #44483

Go to the Instructions

11Two loves I have of comfort and despair,Two loves I have, of comfort and despair,
22Which like two spirits do suggest me still:That like two spirits do suggest me still;
33The better angel is a man right fair,My better angel is a man right fair,
44The worser spirit a woman colour'd ill.My worser spirit a woman colour'd ill.
55To win me soon to hell, my female evil,To win me soon to hell, my female evil
66Tempteth my better angel from my side,Tempteth my better angel from my side,
77And would corrupt my saint to be a devil,And would corrupt my saint to be a devil,
88Wooing his purity with her foul pride.Wooing his purity with her fair pride.
99And whether that my angel be turn'd fiend,And whether that my angel be turn'd fiend,
1010Suspect I may, yet not directly tell;Suspect I may, yet not directly tell:
1111But being both from me, both to each friend,For being both to me, both to each friend,
1212I guess one angel in another's hell:I guess one angel in another's hell;
1313 Yet this shall I ne'er know, but live in doubt,The truth I shall not know, but live in doubt,
1414 Till my bad angel fire my good one out.Till my bad angel fire my good one out.

Instructions

To select texts manually for this utility, click on the link at the top of each of the two texts you wish to compare, and then return to this page and reload it. The text ids are stored as cookies.

Gentle Reminder

This website began in 1995 as a personal project by Emily Ezust, who has been working on it full-time without a salary since 2008. Our research has never had any government or institutional funding, so if you found the information here useful, please consider making a donation. Your help is greatly appreciated!
–Emily Ezust, Founder

Donate

We use cookies for internal analytics and to earn much-needed advertising revenue. (Did you know you can help support us by turning off ad-blockers?) To learn more, see our Privacy Policy. To learn how to opt out of cookies, please visit this site.

I acknowledge the use of cookies

Contact
Copyright
Privacy

Copyright © 2025 The LiederNet Archive

Site redesign by Shawn Thuris