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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

A despairing lover
Language: English 
Farewell Despairing Hopes, I'll love no more;
Of Death I'm not afraid,
My poor Heart is betrayed;
She that disdains my Love, must I adore.
  Farewell Despairing Hopes, I'll live no more,
    I'll love no more.

To crave from Cruel Eyes
Compassion, 'tis in vain,
And with Laments and Cryes
To sob out Tears, the witness of my pain.
No, Death shall cure my Sore:
  Farewell Despairing Hopes, I'll live no more.

To see when I complain
A Cruel Soul disdain,
That to my grief I love,
When Her no tears can move,
But rival tears: Ah! 'twas ne'er heard before.
  Farewell Despairing Hopes, I'll live no more:

Ne'er flatter more my sense
With sweet and courteous Breath,
'Twixt outrage and offence
I am condemn'd to Death.
No more on Joys I dote,
But with a doleful Note my Life and Death deplore.
 Farewell Despairing Hopes, I'll live no more,
   I'll love no more.

Text 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 Lawes (c1595 - 1662), "A despairing lover" [
     text verified 1 time
    ]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 26
Word count: 154

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