by Matthew Prior (1667 - 1721)
Lay not the pain, so near your heart
Language: English
I Lay not the pain, so near your heart, On chance, or on disease, So sensible, so nice a smart, Is from no cause like these. II Your friends, at last, the truth have found, Howe'er you tell your story, 'Twas Celia's eyes that the wound, And they shall have the glory.
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Confirmed with The Poetical Works of Matthew Prior, Volume 1, London: George Bell & Sons, 1892, page 278.
Text Authorship:
- by Matthew Prior (1667 - 1721), "Upon a Friend, who had a pain in his left side" [author's text checked 1 time 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 Fritz Bennicke Hart (1874 - 1949), "Lay not the pain so near your heart", op. 126 (Ten Songs in Two Sets of Five Each, Set II) no. 3 (1938) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2022-01-21
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