by Thomas Campion (1567 - 1620)
Your faire lookes enflame my desire
Language: English
Your faire lookes enflame my desire : Quench it againe with loue. Stay, O striue not still to retire : Doe not in humane proue. If loue may perswade, Loues pleasures, deere, denie not. Heere is a silent grouie shade ; O tarrie then, and flie not. Haue I seaz'd my heauenly delight In this vnhaunted groue ? Time shall now her furie requite With the reuenge of loue. Then come, sweetest, come, My lips with kisses gracing ; Here let vs harbour all alone, Die, die in sweete embracing. Will you now so timely depart, And not returne againe ? Your sight lends such life to my hart That to depart is paine. Feare yeelds no delay, Securenes helpeth pleasure : Then, till the time giues safer stay, O farewell, my liues treasure.
Text Authorship:
- by Thomas Campion (1567 - 1620) [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):
- by Thomas Campion (1567 - 1620), "Your faire lookes enflame my desire", published 1601, from the collection A Booke of Ayres = A Book of Airs, no. 17. [text verified 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2007-11-16
Line count: 24
Word count: 127