by Geoffrey Chaucer (c1343 - 1400)
Since I from love See original
Language: Middle English
Since I from Love escapëd am so fat, I never think to ben in his prison lean; Since I am free, I count him not a bean. He may answer, and sayë this or that; I do not force, I speak right as I mean: Since I from Love escapëd am so fat, I never think to ben in his prison lean; Love hath my name y-strike out of his sciat, And he is stike out of my bookës clean For evermore; there is none other mean. Since I from Love escapëd am so fat, I never think to ben in his prison lean; Since I am free, I count him not a bean.
Composition:
- Set to music by Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872 - 1958), "Since I from love", 1921 [ soprano or tenor, 2 violins, violoncello ], from Merciless Beauty, no. 3
Text Authorship:
- by Geoffrey Chaucer (c1343 - 1400), "Escape", appears in Merciles Beaute: A Triple Roundel, no. 3
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