by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Pour forth, mine eyes, the fountains of your tears Matches base text
Language: English
Pour forth, mine eyes, the fountains of your tears; Break, heart, and die, for now no hope appears; Hope, upon which before my thoughts were fed, Hath left me quite forlorn and from me fled. Yet, see, she smiles! O see, some hope appears! Hold, heart, and live; mine eyes, cease off your tears.
Lyrics from the Song-Books of the Elizabethan Age, ed. by A. H. Bullen, London, John C. Nimmo, 1887, page 97.
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
Composition:
- Set to music by Francis Pilkington (d. 1638), "Pour forth, mine eyes, the fountains of your tears", published 1613, from First Set of Madrigals
Text Authorship:
- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author, no title
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2014-02-25
Line count: 6
Word count: 54