by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Once did I serve a cruel heart
Language: English
Once did I serve a cruel heart With faith unfeigned. I still importune Her piercing looks that wrought my smart. She laughs and smiles at my misfortune; And says: perhaps you may at last By true desert Love's favor taste.
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 (fl. 1597-1615), "Once did I serve a cruel heart" [text verified 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Ross Klatte
This text was added to the website: 2014-07-10
Line count: 6
Word count: 40