by Nicholas Breton (1542 - 1626)
Fair and true Matches original text
Language: English
Lovely kind, and kindly loving, Such a mind were worth the moving; Truly fair, and fairly true - Where are all these but in you? Wisely kind, and kindly wise; Blessed life, where such love lies! Wise, and kind, and fair, and true - Lovely live all these in you. Sweetly dear, and dearly sweet, Blessed where these blessings meet, Sweet, fair, wise, kind, blessed, true - Blessed be all these in you!
Composition:
- Set to music by Peter Warlock (1894 - 1930), "Fair and true", 1926, published 1927 [ voice and piano ]
Text Authorship:
- by Nicholas Breton (1542 - 1626), "An odd conceit", appears in Melancholic Humours, first published 1600
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 70