by Thomas Lodge (1558 - 1625)
Language: English
Turn I my looks unto the skies,
Love with his arrows wounds my eyes;
If so I gaze upon the ground,
Love then in every flower is found.
Search I the shade to fly my pain,
Love meets me in the shade again;
Want I to walk in secret grove,
E'en there I meet with sacred Love.
If so I bathe me in the spring,
E'en on the brink I hear him sing:
If so I meditate alone,
He will be partner to my moan.
If so I mourn, he weeps with me,
And where I am there will he be.
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Composition:
- Set to music by Ned Rorem (1923 - 2022), "Love"
Text Authorship:
- by Thomas Lodge (1558 - 1625), "Rosader's second Sonetto", appears in Rosalynde or, Euphues' Golden Legacy
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Researcher for this page: John Versmoren
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 22
Word count: 162