by Anonymous / Unidentified Author and sometimes misattributed to William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616)
My flocks feed not See original
Language: English
My flocks feed not,
My ewes breed not,
My rams speed not,
All is amiss:
Love ’s denying,
Faith ’s defying,
Heart ’s renying,
Causer of this.
All my merry jigs are quite forgot,
All my lady’s love is lost, God wot:
Where her faith was firmly fix’d in love,
There a nay is plac’d without remove.
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Composition:
- Set to music by Graeme Allwright , "My flocks feed not", published 1967, lines 1-12 [ low voice and piano ], Paris, Société Nouvelle
Text Authorship:
- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author, no title, appears in The Passionate Pilgrim, no. 17, appears in Sonnets to sundry notes of music, no. 3, first published 1599
- sometimes misattributed to William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616)
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (François-Victor Hugo) , no title
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2009-12-05
Line count: 54
Word count: 255