Desperato's banquet See original
Language: English
Come heavy souls oppressed with the weight
Of crimes, and Pangs, or want of your delight,
Come drown in Lethe's sleepy Lake,
Whatever makes you ake.
Drink healths from poyson'd bowles
Breath out your cares together with your souls.
Cool Death's a salve
That all may have
There's no distinction in the grave;
Lay down your loads before deaths iron dore,
Sigh, and sigh out, groan once, and groan no more.
Composition:
- Set to music by Henry Lawes (c1595 - 1662), "Desperato's banquet", from Ayres and Dialogues, Book 1
Text Authorship:
- by William Stroud , no title, written 1636, London, H Twiford in Vine-court Middle-Temple, N Brooke at the Angel in Cornhill, and J Place at Furnivals-Inne-gate , first published 1655
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