by Thomas Campion (1567 - 1620)
How eas'ly wert thou chained
Language: English
How eas'ly wert thou chained, Fond hart, by fauours fained ! Why liu'd thy hopes in grace, Straight to dye disdained ? But since th' art now beguiled By Loue that falsely smiled, In some lesse happy place Mourne alone exiled ! My loue still here increaseth, And with my loue my griefe, While her sweet bounty ceaseth, That gaue my woes reliefe. Yet 'tis no woman leaues me, For such may proue uniust ; A Goddesse thus deceiues me, Whose faith who could mistrust ? A Goddesse so much graced, That Paradice is placed In her most heau'nly brest, Once by loue embraced : But loue, that so kinde proued, Is now from her remoued, Nor will he longer rest Where no faith is loued. If Powres Celestiall wound vs And will not yeeld reliefe, Woe then must needs confound vs, For none can cure our griefe. No wonder if I languish Through burden of my smart ; It is no common anguish From Paradice to part.
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), "How eas'ly wert thou chained", published c1613, from the collection Two Bookes of Ayres - The Second Booke, no. 2. [text verified 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2007-11-16
Line count: 32
Word count: 161