by Thomas Carew (1595? - 1639?)
Night and day to his mistress
Language: English
If when the Sun at Noon displays his brighter rayes thou but appear; he then all pale with shame and fear, quencheth his light, and grows more dimne, compos'd to thee, then Stars to him. If thou but show thy face again, when darkness doth at midnight reign; darkness fly's, and light is hurl'd round about the silent world; so as alike thou driv'st away both light and darkness, night and day.
Text Authorship:
- by Thomas Carew (1595? - 1639?) [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 Henry Lawes (c1595 - 1662), "Night and day to his mistress", from the collection Ayres and Dialogues, Book 1 [text verified 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2014-04-15
Line count: 11
Word count: 72