by Thomas Stanley (1625 - 1678)
Language: English
O Turn away those cruell eyes, The stars of my undoing, Or death in such a bright disguise, May tempt a second wooing: Punish their blind and impious pride, Who dare contemne thy Glory, It was my fall that deifyde Thy name, and seald thy story. Yet no new suffering can prepare A higher praise to crown that, Though my first death proclaime thee fair, My second will unthrone thee. Lovers will doubt thou canst intice No other for thy fuell, And if thou turne one victim twice, Or thinke thee poor, or cruell.
Composition:
- Set to music by John Gamble (d. 1687), no title, published 1657 [ voice and bass continuo ], from Ayres and dialogues, no. 51, Confirmed with Ayres and dialogues (to be sung to the theorbo-lute or bass-viol)> by John Gamble. Printed by W. Godbid for Humphry Mosley at the Princes-Arms In St. Paul's Church-yard, London 1657.
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Text Authorship:
- by Thomas Stanley (1625 - 1678)
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