by George Peele (1556? - 1596)
Hot sun, cool fire See original
Language: English
Hot sun, cool fire, tempered with sweet air, Black shade, fair nurse, shadow my white hair: Shine, sun; burn, fire; breathe, air, and ease me; Black shade, fair nurse, shroud me, and please me: Shadow, my sweet nurse, keep me from burning, Make not my glad cause, cause of my mourning. Let not my beauty's fire Enflame unstaid desire, Nor pierce any bright eye That wand'reth lightly.
Composition:
- Set to music by Jonathan Dove (b. 1959), "Hot sun, cool fire", 2000, from The Passing of the Year, no. 4
Text Authorship:
- by George Peele (1556? - 1596), "Bethsabe bathing", appears in The Love of King David and fair Bethsabe
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This text was added to the website: 2008-07-03
Line count: 10
Word count: 66