by Robert Dodsley (1704 - 1764)
The Kiss Repaid
Language: English
Chloe, by that borrowed kiss, I, alas! am quite undone; 'Twas so sweet, so fraught with bliss, Thousands will not pay that one. Left the debt should break your heart, Roguish Chloe smiling cries, Come, a hundred then in part, For the present shall suffice.
Confirmed with Trifles, by Robert Dodsley, published by Dodsley and printed at Tully's Head in Pall-mall 1745, Pages 202-209.
Authorship:
- by Robert Dodsley (1704 - 1764), "The Kiss Repaid", appears in Trifles, in Colin's Kisses, no. 8, Oswald?, London 1743, first published 1743 [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 James Oswald (1710 - 1769), "The Kiss Repaid", published 1743 [ voice, continuo ], from Colin's Kisses, no. 8, Confirmed with Colin's Kisses, unknown publisher, possibly Oswald, London 1743. [sung text checked 1 time]
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