possibly by Samuel Daniel (1562 - 1619) and possibly by Thomas Maske
Love is a sickness See original
Language: English
Love is a sickness full of woes,
All remedies refusing;
A plant that with most cutting grows,
Most barren with best using,
Why so?
More we enjoy it, more it dies;
If not enjoy'd, it sighing cries --
Heigh ho!
Love is a torment of the mind,
A tempest everlasting;
And Jove hath made of it a kind
Not well, nor full, nor fasting.
Why so?
More we enjoy it, more it dies;
If not enjoy'd, it sighing cries --
Heigh ho!
Composition:
- Set to music by John Theodore Livingston Raynor (1909 - 1970), "Love is a sickness", op. 336 (1952), published 1971 [ voice and piano ]
Text Authorship:
- possibly by Samuel Daniel (1562 - 1619), "Love is a sickness"
- possibly by Thomas Maske , "Love is a sickness"
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- GER German (Deutsch) (Richard Flatter) , "Lieb' ist ein Siechtum", appears in Die Fähre, Englische Lyrik aus fünf Jahrhunderten, first published 1936
Researcher for this page: Ted Perry
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 80