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by Thomas Campion (1567 - 1620)

Rose cheek'd Laura, come
 (Sung text for setting by V. Thomson)
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Language: English 
  Rose cheek'd Laura, come,
Sing thou sweetly with thy beauty's 
  Silent music, either other 
    Sweetly gracing.

  Lovely forms do flow
From concent divinely framed:
  Heaven is music, and thy beauty's 
     Birth is heav'nly.

  These dull notes we sing
Discords need for helps to grace them;
  Only beauty purely loving
    Knows no discord,

  But still moves delight,
Like clear springs renew'd by flowing,
  Ever perfect, ever in them-
    Selves eternal.

Composition:

    Set to music by Virgil Garnett Thomson (1896 - 1989), "Rose cheek'd Laura, come", from Four songs to poems of Thomas Campion, no. 3

Text Authorship:

  • by Thomas Campion (1567 - 1620), no title, first published 1602

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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2008-10-17
Line count: 16
Word count: 72

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