by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Crownèd with flowers I saw fair Amaryllis
 (Sung text for setting by W. Byrd)
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Language: English 
Crownèd with flowers I saw fair Amaryllis
  By Thyrsis sit, hard by a fount of crystal,
And with her hand, more white than snow or lilies,
  On sand she wrote, "My faith shall be immortal":
But suddenly a storm of wind and weather
Blew all her faith and sand away together.
Lyrics from the Song-Books of the Elizabethan Age, ed. by A. H. Bullen, London, John C. Nimmo, 1887, page 19.

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This text was added to the website: 2012-12-06
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Word count: 52