by Thomas Campion (1567 - 1620)
Rose cheek'd Laura, come Matches original text
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 Thomas Campion (1567 - 1620), "Rose cheek'd Laura, come"
Text Authorship:
- by Thomas Campion (1567 - 1620), no title, first published 1602
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This text was added to the website: 2008-10-17
Line count: 16
Word count: 72