by George Peele (1556? - 1596)

Language: English 
Hot sun, cool fire, tempered with sweet air,
Black shade, fair nurse, shadow my white hair:
Shine, sun; burn, fire; breathe, air, and ease me;
Black shade, fair nurse, shroud me, and please me:
Shadow, my sweet nurse, keep me from burning,
Make not my glad cause, cause of mourning.
  Let not my beauty's fire
  Inflame unstaid desire,
  Nor pierce any bright eye
  That wandereth lightly.

Composition:

    Set to music by Betty Roe (b. 1930), "Hot sun, cool fire", published 1993 [ medium voice and piano or viol consort ]

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This text was added to the website: 2008-07-03
Line count: 10
Word count: 70