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by Thomas Wyatt, Sir (1503 - 1542)

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 (Sung text for setting by J. Berger)
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Language: English 
A face that should content me wondrous well
Should not be fair, but lovely to behold,
Of lively look, all grief for to repel,
With right good grace, so would I that it should
Speak without such words as none can tell.
The tress also should be of crisped gold,
With wit, and these, perchance I might be tied
And knit again with knot that should not slide.

Composition:

    Set to music by Jean Berger, né Arthur Schloßberg (1909 - 2002), no title, published 1984, from Amoretti: Five love songs on poems by 16th and 17th century authors, no. 4

Text Authorship:

  • by Thomas Wyatt, Sir (1503 - 1542)

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This text was added to the website: 2004-06-06
Line count: 8
Word count: 68

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