by Robert Herrick (1591 - 1674)

Language: English 
When as Leander young was drown'd 
No heart by Love receiv'd a wound, 
But on a rock himself sat by, 
There weeping sup'rabundantly. 
 ... 
His head upon his hand he laid, 
And sighing deeply, thus he said:
"Ah, cruel Fate!," and, looking on't, 
Wept as he'd drown the Hellespont. 
And sure his tongue had more express'd 
Had not his tears forbade the rest.

Composition:

    Set to music by Henry Lawes (c1595 - 1662), "Leander Drownd", published 1655, lines 1-4,7-12 [ voice and continuo ], from The Second Book of Ayres, and Dialogues, no. 13, Confirmed with The Second Book of Ayres and Dialogues, for One, Two, and Three, by Henry Lawes , John Playford, London 1655, Page 12.

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