by Thomas Campion (1567 - 1620)
All lookes be pale
Language: English
All lookes be pale, harts cold as stone, For Hally now is dead, and gone, Hally, in whose sight, Most sweet sight, All the earth late tooke delight. Eu'ry eye, weepe with mee. Ioyes drown'd in teares must be. His Iu'ry skin, his comely hayre, His Rosie cheekes, so cleare and faire, Eyes that once did grace His bright face, Now in him all want their place. Eyes and hearts weepe with mee For who so kinde as hee? His youth was like an Aprill flowre, Adorn'd with beauty, loue, and powre. Glory strow'd his way, Whose wreaths gay Now are all turn'd to decay. Then againe weepe with mee None feele more cause then wee. No more may his wisht sight returne, His golden Lampe no more can burne. Quencht is all his flame ; His hop't fame Now hath left him nought but name. For him all weepe with mee Since more him none shall see.
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), "All lookes be pale", published c1613, from the collection Two Bookes of Ayres - The First Booke, no. 21. [text verified 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2007-11-16
Line count: 28
Word count: 157