by Henry Reynolds (1564 - 1632)
Was it a forme, a gate, a grace
Language: English
Was it a forme, a gate, a grace, Was it their sweetnes, meerely? Was it the Heav'n of a bright face, That made me love so deerly? Was it a skin of silk and snow, That soule and sences wounded? Was't any of these, or all of these, Whereon my faith was founded? Ah no! 'twas a far deeper part Then all the rest that won me; 'Twas a fair cloath'd, but feigning heart, I lov'd, and has undone me.
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- by Henry Reynolds (1564 - 1632) [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), "Was it a forme, a gate, a grace", published 1655 [ voice and continuo ], from The Second Book of Ayres, and Dialogues, no. 23, Confirmed with The Second Book of Ayres and Dialogues, for One, Two, and Three, by Henry Lawes, John Playford, London 1655, Page 20. [sung text checked 1 time]
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