by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Love in thy youth, fair maid; be wise
Language: English
Love in thy youth, fair maid; be wise, Old Time will make thee colder, And though each morning new arise Yet we each day grow older. Thou as heaven art fair and young, Thine eyes like twin stars shining: But ere another day be sprung, All these will be declining. Then winter comes with all his fears And all thy sweets shall borrow; Too late then wilt thou shower thy tears, And I too late shall sorrow.
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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 Linton Gardner (1917 - 2011), "Love in thy youth, fair maid", op. 224 no. 1 (1996 ) [ SATB chorus and piano duet ], from Waltzsongs, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Walter Porter (1587 - 1659), "Love in thy youth", published 1632 [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this page: John Versmoren
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 77