by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Lost is my quiet
Language: English
Lost is my quiet for ever, Lost is life's happiest part; Lost all my tender endeavours, To touch an insensible heart. But tho' my Despair is past curing, And much undeserv'd is my fate, I'll show by a patient enduring My love is unmov'd as her hate.
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 Henry Purcell (1658/9 - 1695), "Lost is my quiet", Z. 502. [duet for high voice and low voice] [text verified 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):
- HEB Hebrew (עברית) (Ehud Shapiro) , title 1: "אבדה שלוותי לנצח", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Elaine Marie Ortiz-Arandes) , title 1: "Meine Ruhe ist für immer dahin", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Siân Goldthorpe
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 47