by Thomas Wyatt, Sir (1503 - 1542)
A face that should content me wondrous...
Language: English
A face that should content me wondrous well Should not be fair, but lovely to behold, Of lively look, all grief for to repel, With right good grace, so would I that it should Speak without such words as none can tell. The tress also should be of crisped gold, With wit, and these, perchance I might be tied And knit again with knot that should not slide.
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Jean Berger, né Arthur Schloßberg (1909 - 2002), "A face that should content me wondrous well", published 1984, from Amoretti: Five love songs on poems by 16th and 17th century authors, no. 4. [ sung text checked 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2004-06-06
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Word count: 68