by Henry Hughes (c1602 - c1652)
Language: English
Tis not 'ith' pow'r of all thy scorne Or unrelenting bate, To quench my flames, or make them burne With heat more temperate: Still doe I struggle with dispaire, And ever court disdain; And though you ne're prove lesse severe, Ile doat upon my paine. Yet meaner beauties cannot claime In Love this tyranny, They must pretend an equall flame, Or else our passions die: You fair Clarinda you alone Are priz'd at such a rate To have a Votary of one Whom you doe reprobate.
Composition:
- Set to music by Henry Lawes (c1595 - 1662), no title, published 1655 [ voice and continuo ], from The Second Book of Ayres, and Dialogues, no. 25, Confirmed with The Second Book of Ayres and Dialogues, for One, Two, and Three, by Henry Lawes, John Playford, London 1655, Page 22.
Text Authorship:
- by Henry Hughes (c1602 - c1652)
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