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by Thomas Carew (1595? - 1639?)
Translation by Johann Gottfried Herder (1744 - 1803)

Good Counsel to a Young Maid
Language: English 
When you the sun-burnt pilgrim see,
  Fainting with thirst, haste to the springs ;
Mark how at first with bended knee 
  He courts the crystal nymphs, and flings 
His body to the earth, where he
Prostrate adores the flowing deity.

But when his sweaty face is drench'd
  In her cool waves, when from her sweet 
Bosom his burning thirst is quench'd ; 
  Then mark how with disdainful feet
He kicks her banks, and from the place 
That thus refresh'd him, moves with sullen pace. 

So shalt thou be despis'd, fair Maid,
  When by the sated Lover tasted ;
What first he did with tears invade,
  Shall afterwards with scorn be wasted ;
When all the virgin springs grow dry,
When no stream shall be left, but in thine eye. 

Text Authorship:

  • by Thomas Carew (1595? - 1639?), "Good Counsel to a Young Maid" [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):

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  • Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Johann Gottfried Herder (1744 - 1803) , "Die Silberquelle" ; composed by Johann Friedrich Hugo, Freiherr von Dalberg, Corona Elisabeth Wilhelmine Schröter.
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2010-03-12
Line count: 18
Word count: 125

Die Silberquelle
Language: German (Deutsch)  after the English 
Hast, liebes Mädchen, frisch und jung,
    Du jenen Mann gesehn,
In heißem Durst nach Labetrunk
    Zur kühlen Quelle gehn?
Voll Sehnsucht [bog]1 er ihr sein Knie,
Und Göttin, Göttin nannt' er sie.

Und als sie seinen Durst gestillt
    Mit ihrem süßen Trank;
Und neubelebt und Krafterfüllt
    Er ihr zu Füßen sank;
Da schlief er ein und ohne Dank
Trug ihn hinweg ein loser Gang.

O Mädchen, wie die Quelle rein,
    Unschuldig, frisch und schön,
Ach laß es nicht dein Schicksal seyn,
    Laß nie dirs also gehn,
Daß wenn du andere erfreust,
Du selbst dir Thränenquelle seyst.

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   J. von Dalberg 

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1 Dalberg: "beugt'"

Text Authorship:

  • by Johann Gottfried Herder (1744 - 1803), "Die Silberquelle" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Based on:

  • a text in English by Thomas Carew (1595? - 1639?), "Good Counsel to a Young Maid"
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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 Johann Friedrich Hugo, Freiherr von Dalberg (1760 - 1812), "Die Silberquelle", c1795 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Corona Elisabeth Wilhelmine Schröter (1751 - 1802), "Die Silberquelle", published 1786 [ voice and piano ], from Fünf und Zwanzig Lieder. In Musik gesezt von Corona Schröter. [Erste Sammlung], no. 12, Weimar: Annoch bey mir selbst, und in Commission in der Hoffmannischen Buchhandlung [sung text not yet checked]

Research team for this page: Harry Joelson , Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website: 2007-08-16
Line count: 18
Word count: 97

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