by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Love winged my hopes See base text
Language: English
Love winged my hopes and taught them how to fly Far from base earth, but not to mount too high; For true pleasure Lives in measure, Which if men forsake, Blinded they into folly run and grief for pleasure take. But my vain hopes, proud of their new-taught flight, Enamoured sought to woo the sun’s fair light, Whose rich brightness Moved their lightness To aspire so high That all scorched and consumed with fire now drown’d in woe they lie. And none but Love their woeful hap doth rue, For Love doth know that their desires were true; Though fates frownèd, And now drownèd They in sorrow dwell, It was the purest light of heaven for whose fair love they fell.
Composition:
- Set to music by Thomas Morley (1557 - 1602), "Love winged my hopes", published 1600 [ voice, lute, and bass viol ], London: William Barley
Text Authorship:
- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
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This text was added to the website: 2014-02-23
Line count: 18
Word count: 125