by Thomas Campion (1567 - 1620)
Where are all thy beauties now
Language: English
Where are all thy beauties now, all harts enchayning? Whither are thy flatt'rers gone with all their fayning ? All fled ; and thou alone still here remayning. Thy rich state of twisted gold to Bayes is turned ; Cold, as thou art, are thy loues, that so much burned : Who dye in flatt'rers armes are seldome mourned. Yet, in spight of enuie, this be still proclaymed, That none worthyer then thy selfe thy worth hath blamed ; When their poore names are lost, thou shalt liue famed. When thy story, long time hence, shall be perused, Let the blemish of thy rule be thus excused, None euer liu'd more iust, none more abused.
Text Authorship:
- by Thomas Campion (1567 - 1620) [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 Thomas Campion (1567 - 1620), "Where are all thy beauties now", published c1613, from the collection Two Bookes of Ayres - The First Booke, no. 3. [text verified 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2007-11-16
Line count: 12
Word count: 110