by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Love winged my hopes
Language: English
Love winged my hopes and taught me how to fly Far from base earth, but not to mount too high; For true pleasure Lives in measure, Which if men forsake, Blinded they into folly run and grief for pleasure take. But my vain hopes, proud of their new-taught flight, Enamoured sought to woo the sun’s fair light, Whose rich brightness Moved their lightness To aspire so high That all scorched and consumed with fire now drown’d in woe they lie. And none but Love their woeful hap did rue, For Love did know that their desires were true; Though Fate frownèd, And now drownèd They in sorrow dwell, It was the purest light of heaven for whose fair love they fell.
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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 Robert Jones (flourished 1597-1615), "Love winged my hopes", published 1601, from Second Book of Songs and Airs [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Thomas Morley (1557 - 1602), "Love winged my hopes", published 1600 [ voice, lute, and bass viol ], London: William Barley [sung text checked 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2014-02-23
Line count: 18
Word count: 121