by Thomas d'Urfey (1653 - 1723)
Fled is my love
Language: English
Fled is my Love, for ever gone! Oh! mighty Loss! Eternal Sorrow! Yet prethee Strephon, why should'st mourn? For if thy Celia wont return, to her thou shalt go to-morrow.
Authorship:
- by Thomas d'Urfey (1653 - 1723) [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), "Fled is my love", Z. 571 no. 3 (1688), from the incidental music to A Fool's Preferment -or- The Three Dukes of Dunstable, no. 3 [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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