by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Language: English
My Love in her attire doth show her wit, It doth so well become her: For every season she hath dressings fit, For winter, spring, and summer. No beauty she doth miss When all her robes are on: But Beauty's self, Beauty's self she is When all her robes are gone.
Composition:
- Set to music by Jürg Wyttenbach (b. 1935), "Madrigal", 1964, from Two Nonsense Verses, an Epigram and a Madrigal, no. 3
Text Authorship:
- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author ( 17th century ) , "Davison's Poetical Rhapsody"
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Researcher for this page: Barbara Rufer
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 51