by Thomas Stanley (1625 - 1678)
Language: English
Celinda, by what potent art, Or unresisted charm, Dost thou thine ear and frozen heart Against my passion arm; Or by what hidden influence, Of powers in one combin'd, Dost thou rob Love of either sense, Made deaf as well as blind. Sure thou as friends united hast Two distant deities, And Scorn within thy heart hast plac'd And love within thine eyes. Or those soft fetters of thy hair, (A bondage that disdains All liberty,) doth guard thy ear Free from all other chains. Then my complaint, how canst thou hear; Or I this passion fly; Since thou imprison'd hast thine ear, And not confin'd thine eye.
Composition:
- Set to music by John Gamble (d. 1687), no title, published 1657 [ voice and bass continuo ], from Ayres and dialogues, no. 4, 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.
Score: IMSLP [external link]
Text Authorship:
- by Thomas Stanley (1625 - 1678), "Song"
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