by Philip Sidney, Sir (1554 - 1586)
Language: English
My true Love hath my heart and I have his.
By just exchange, one to the other given:
I hold his dear, and mine he cannot miss;
There never was a better bargain driven:
My true Love hath my heart and I have his.
His heart in me keeps him and me in one;
My heart in him his thoughts and senses guides:
He loves my heart, for once it was his own;
I cherish his because in me it bides:
My true Love hath my heart and I have his.
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Parodied in Archibald Stodart-Walker's My true friend hath my hat.
Composition:
- Set to music by Arthur Foote (1853 - 1937), "A ditty", op. 26 (Eleven songs for voice and piano) no. 8, published 1892, lines 1-8 [ voice and piano ], Boston : A.P. Schmidt
Text Authorship:
- by Philip Sidney, Sir (1554 - 1586), no title, appears in Arcadia
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- GER German (Deutsch) (Richard Flatter) , "Der Handel", appears in Die Fähre, Englische Lyrik aus fünf Jahrhunderten, first published 1936
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Ted Perry
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 14
Word count: 125