by John Suckling, Sir (1609 - 1642)
Out upon it, I have loved
Language: English
Out upon it, I have loved Three whole days together! And am like to love three more, If it prove fair weather. Time shall moult away his wings Ere he shall discover In the whole wide world again Such a constant lover. But the spite on 't is, no praise Is due at all to me: Love with me had made no stays, Had it any been but she. Had it any been but she, And that very face, There had been at least ere this A dozen dozen in her place.
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Text Authorship:
- by John Suckling, Sir (1609 - 1642), "The constant lover" [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 Jean Mary Anderson (b. 1939), "The constant lover", c1987, from Love's Whimsy, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Seymour Barab (1921 - 2014), "Constant lover" [ voice, clarinet, viola, cello, and piano ], from Lovers, no. 4, Seesaw [sung text not yet checked]
- by Paul Hermann Franz Graener (1872 - 1944), "Out upon it", published 1906 [ voice and piano ], from the comedy A Privy Council [sung text not yet checked]
- by Charles Hubert Hastings Parry, Sir (1848 - 1918), "Out upon it!", 1910 [ ATB chorus a cappella ], from Seven Part Songs for Male-Voice Choir, no. 6 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Humphrey Procter-Gregg (1895 - 1980), "Out upon it, I have loved" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Roger Quilter (1877 - 1953), "The constant lover ", op. 28 no. 5 (1925), published 1926 [ voice and piano ], from Five Jacobean Lyrics, no. 5, London, Boosey [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Charles Villiers Stanford, Sir (1852 - 1924), "The Constant Lover", 1877, published 1877 [ voice and piano ], from Three Ditties of the Olden Time, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
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Word count: 92