by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
I sigh'd and owned my love
Language: English
I Sigh'd and own'd my Love: Nor did the Fair my Passion disapprove: A soft engaging Air Not often apt to cause Despair, Declar'd she gave attention to my Pray'r. She seem'd to pity my Distress, And I expecting nothing less, Than what her every look does now confess. But, oh, her change destroys The Charming prospect of my promis'd Joys: She's Rob'd of every Grace That argu'd pity in her Face, And cold, forbidding frowns, supply their place. But while she strives to chill desire, Her brighter Eyes such warmth inspire, She checks the flame, but cannot quench the fire.
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), "I sigh'd and owned my love", Z. 595 no. 2, from the incidental music to The Fatal Marriage -or- The Innocent Adultery, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Virginia Knight
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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