by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Ask me to love no more
Language: English
Ask me to love no more, Your fruitless pain, and all your art give o'er. Amintor, why would you inspire In my breast an unequal fire? Why, Amintor, should I burn In flames which you can ne'er return? Too many hearts already you have deceiv'd; Alas! you're known too well to be believ'd.
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), "Ask me to love no more", Z. 358, published 1694. [text verified 1 time]
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 53