by John Dryden (1631 - 1700)
Sylvia, how could you Matches base text
Language: English
Sylvia, how could you e're mistrust A passion so sincerely true? Why would you be to me unjust, For fear I should be so to you? Such fears will teach us to despise your power, which else would fatal prove. Oh! trust to the brightness of your eyes, And yield to the charming God of Love.
Composition:
- Set to music by John Eccles (1668 - 1735), "Sylvia, how could you", 1695, from the incidental music to The Spanish Friar
Text Authorship:
- by John Dryden (1631 - 1700), appears in The Spanish Friar
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