Give me more Love, or more Disdain, the Torrid or the Frozen Zone bring equall ease unto my pain, the Temperate affords me none; either extream of Love or Hate is sweeter then a calme Estate. Give me a store, if it be Love, like Dana in that golden showre, I swim in pleasure; if it prove Disdain, that torrent will devoure my vulture hopes, and he's possest of Heav'n, that's but from hell releast; then Crown my joyes or Cure my pain, give me more Love or more Disdain.
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), "Mediocrity in love rejected ", from Ayres and Dialogues, Book 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- GER German (Deutsch) (Richard Flatter) , "Fluch der Lauheit", appears in Die Fähre, Englische Lyrik aus fünf Jahrhunderten, first published 1936
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2014-04-15
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Word count: 90
Gib mir dein Herz – oder gib mir Haß: Glut oder Frost nur schafft mir Ruh! Die Lauheit, jeglichem Ding zupaß, Bringt meiner Qual kein Trostwort zu. Lieb´oder Haß, beides vom Grund, Weit lieber mir als bleicher Schwund! Gib mir den Sturm: wenn er Liebe bringt, Schwimm ich in Fluten von Golde schier; Bringt er mir Haß, ein Sturzbach schlingt All meiner Träume Sucht und Gier. Dem, den die höllische Glut entläßt, Dünkt eisiger Frost ein himmlisches Fest. Krön meine Lust – oder mach mich gesund: Lieb´ oder Haß, beides vom Grund!
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Confirmed with Die Fähre, Englische Lyrik aus fünf Jahrhunderten Übersetzt von Richard Flatter, Walter Krieg Verlag, Wien-Bad Bocklet-Zürich, 1954, 2nd edition (1st edition 1936), page 120.
Text Authorship:
- by Richard Flatter (1891 - 1960), "Fluch der Lauheit", appears in Die Fähre, Englische Lyrik aus fünf Jahrhunderten, first published 1936 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in English by Thomas Carew (1595? - 1639?)
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- [ None yet in the database ]
Researcher for this page: Volkmar Henschel
This text was added to the website: 2021-02-25
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Word count: 92