by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
My love bound me with a kiss
Language: English
My love bound me with a kiss That I should no longer stay; When I felt so sweet a bliss I had less power to part away: Alas, that women doth not know Kisses make men loath to go. Yes, she knows it but too well, For I heard when Venus’ dove In her ear did softly tell That kisses were the seals of love: O muse not then though it be so, Kisses make men loath to go. Wherefore did she thus inflame My desires heat my blood, Instantly to quench the same And starve whom she had given food? I the common sense can show, Kisses make men loath to go. Had she bid me go at first It would ne’er have grieved my heart, Hope delayed had been the worst; But ah to kiss and then to part! How deep it struck, speak, gods, you know Kisses make men loath to go.
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), "My love bound me with a kiss", published 1601, from Second Book of Songs and Airs [sung text checked 1 time]
- by John Theodore Livingston Raynor (1909 - 1970), "My Love Bound Me With A Kiss", op. 397 (1953) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2014-02-23
Line count: 24
Word count: 155