by Edward Dering (1625 - 1684)

Language: English 
And is this all? what one poor kisse?
Thinkst thou my heart contented is
With this gratuity?

No Cloris, no: Or give me all,
That Lovers Love, and pleasure call
Or by a free and full deny, 
Permit me to despair, and so despairing die.

Composition:

    Set to music by Mary Dering (1629 - 1704), no title, published 1655 [ voice and continuo ], from The Second Book of Ayres, and Dialogues, no. 29, Confirmed with The Second Book of Ayres and Dialogues, for One, Two, and Three, by Henry Lawes, John Playford, London 1655, Page 24.

Text Authorship:

  • by Edward Dering (1625 - 1684), John Playford, London, first published 1655

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