by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Hard destinies are Love and Beauty parted!
 (Sung text for setting by J. Wilbye)
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Language: English 
Hard destinies are Love and Beauty parted!
Fair Daphne so disdainful!
Cupid, thy shafts are too unjustly darted,
fond Love, thy wounds be painful.

But sith my lovely jewel
is prov'd so coy and cruel,
I'1l 1ive and frolic in her beauty's treasure,
but languish faint and die, in her displeasure.

Composition:

    Set to music by John Wilbye (1574 - 1638), "Hard destinies are Love and Beauty parted!", published 1609 [  vocal quintet ], madrigal

Text Authorship:

  • by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

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Researcher for this page: Bart O'Brien

This text was added to the website: 2004-12-08
Line count: 8
Word count: 51