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by Thomas Carew (1595? - 1639?)

Know, Celia, since thou art so proud
 (Sung text for setting by M. Gideon)
 See original
Language: English 
Know, Celia, since thou art so proud,	
  ’Twas I that gave thee thy renown;	
Thou hadst in the forgotten crowd	
  Of common beauties lived unknown,	
Had not my verse exhal'd thy name,
And with it ympt the wings of Fame.	
 
That killing power is none of thine:	
  I gave it to thy voice and eyes;	
Thy sweets, thy graces, all are mine;	
  Thou art my star, shin’st in my skies;
Then dart not from thy borrowed sphere	
Lightning on him that fixed thee there.	
 
Tempt me with such affrights no more,	
  Lest what I made I uncreate;	
Let fools thy mystic forms adore,
  I know thee in thy mortal state:	
Wise poets, that wrapt Truth in tales,	
Knew her themselves through all her veils.	

Note provided by Iain Sneddon: "imped" is a falconry term referring to the insertion of new feathers to repair the broken fethers of a hawk's wing.

Composition:

    Set to music by Miriam Gideon (1906 - 1996), "Know, Celia, since thou art so proud", 1987 [ high voice, flute, violin, violoncello ], from The shooting starres attend thee, no. 4

Text Authorship:

  • by Thomas Carew (1595? - 1639?), "Know, Celia"

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Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Iain Sneddon [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2008-10-21
Line count: 18
Word count: 125

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