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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Woeful heart, with grief oppressèd!
Language: English 
Woeful Heart, with grief oppressèd!
Since my fortunes most distressèd
  From my joys hath me removèd,
Follow those sweet eyes adorèd!
Those sweet eyes wherein are storèd
  All my pleasures best belovèd.

Fly my breast — leave me forsaken —
Wherein Grief his seat hath taken,
  All his arrows through me darting!
Thou mayst live by her sunshining:
I shall suffer no more pining
  By thy loss than by her parting.

Text Authorship:

  • by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by John Dowland (1562 - 1626), "Woeful heart, with grief oppressèd!", published 1600 [voice and lute or orpharion], from the collection Second Book of Songs or Airs [
     text verified 1 time
    ]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2014-02-23
Line count: 12
Word count: 71

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