by Matthew Clifford ( flourished c1650 )
Let longing Lovers fit and pine
Language: English
Let longing Lovers fit and pine, And the forsaken Willow wear, Love shall not blast this heart of mine, With ling'ring hope or killing feare: Ile never love till I injoy, Or lose my time on her that's coy. If Ladies call us to the field, And all their colours there display, Alasse, they needs must to us yeeld, Since we are better arm'd then they; Tis folly then to beg or whine For us that are born Masculine. Then Lovers learn your strength to know, And you may overcome with ease, Your enemy fights with a Bow That cannot wound unlesse you please, And he that pines because shee's coy, Wants wit, or courage, women say.
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- by Matthew Clifford ( flourished c1650 ) [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 Lawes (c1595 - 1662), "Let longing Lovers fit and pine", published 1655 [ voice and continuo ], from The Second Book of Ayres, and Dialogues, no. 26, Confirmed with The Second Book of Ayres and Dialogues, for One, Two, and Three, by Henry Lawes, John Playford, London 1655, Page 22. [sung text checked 1 time]
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