by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Rashly I swore I would disown
Language: English
Rashly I swore I would disown Your altars and your pow'r, All your vain idols, Love, throw down, And never worship more. As much resolv'd I would forget Lucinda's gilded charms, Her shape, her beauty, and her wit, Which tempt me to her arms. But vain are our weak vows when love Does feed the active fire, And treacherous sighs his agents prove, To make it blaze the higher. In vain preservatives are us'd To any other part, When the infection has diffus'd Itself into the heart.
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), "Rashly I swore I would disown", Z. 411, published 1683. [text verified 1 time]
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 87