Language: English 
My dear mistress has a heart
Soft as those kind looks she gave me, 
When with love's resistless art,
And her eyes, she did enslave me.

But her constancy's so weak,
She's so wild, and apt to wander, 
That my jealous heart would break
Should we live one day asunder.

Melting joys about her move,
Killing pleasures, wounding blisses;
She can dress her eyes in love,
And her lips can warm with kisses.

Angels listen when she speaks;
She's my delight, all mankind's wonder;
But my jealous heart would break,
Should we live one day asunder.

Composition:

    Set to music by Roger Quilter (1877 - 1953), "The jealous lover", op. 28 no. 1 (1923), published 1923 [ high voice and piano ], from Five Jacobean Lyrics, no. 1, London, Boosey ; note: uses modernized spelling

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Researcher for this page: David K. Smythe

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 97