by Anonymous / Unidentified Author and sometimes misattributed to Nicholas Breton (1542 - 1626)
O eyes, leave off your weeping
Language: English
O eyes, leave off your weeping, love hath the thoughts in keeping that may content you. Let not this misconceiving, where comforts are receiving, causeless torment you. Clouds threaten but a shower; hope hath his happy hour, though long in lasting. Time needs must be attended Love must not be offended with too much hasting. But O the painful pleasure, where Love attends the leisure of life's wretchedness: where Hope is but illusion, and Fear is but confusion of Love's happiness. But happy Hope, that seeth how Hope and Hap agreeth, of life deprive me; or let me be assured when life hath death endured Love will revive me.
Authorship:
- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
- sometimes misattributed to Nicholas Breton (1542 - 1626)
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Robert Hales (d. 1615?), "O eyes, leave off your weeping" [counter-tenor and lute] [text verified 1 time]
Researcher for this page: John Versmoren
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 24
Word count: 109