by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
If Love be just See base text
Language: English
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If Love be just, then just is my desire;
And if unjust, why is he call'd a God?
O God, O God, O Just! reserve thy rod
To chasten those that from thy laws retire!
But choose aright (good Love! I thee require)
The golden head,
Not that of lead!
Her heart is frost and must dissolve by fire.
Composition:
- Set to music by William Byrd (1542?3? - 1623), "If Love be just", published 1589, stanza 3 [ SATT chorus a cappella ], from Songs of sundrie natures, no. 21
Text Authorship:
- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
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This text was added to the website: 2010-08-09
Line count: 24
Word count: 169