by Thomas Campion (1567 - 1620)
Though your strangenesse frets my hart
Language: English
Though your strangenesse frets my hart, Yet may not I complaine : You perswade me, 'tis but Art, That secret loue must faine. If another you affect, Tis but a shew t'auoid suspect. Is this faire excusing ? O no, all is abusing. Your wisht sight if I desire, Suspitions you pretend, Causelesse you your selfe retire, While I in vaine attend. This a Louer whets, you say, Still made more eager by delay. Is this faire excusing ? O, no, all is abusing. When another holds your hand, You sweare I hold your hart : When my Riuals close doe stand, And I sit farre apart, I am neerer yet then they, Hid in your bosome, as you say. Is this faire excusing ? O no, all is abusing. Would my Riual then I were, Or els your secret friend : So much lesser should I feare, And not so much attend. Then enioy you, eu'ry one, Yet I must seeme your friend alone. Is this faire excusing ? O no, all is abusing.
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), "Though your strangenesse frets my hart", published c1613, from the collection Two Bookes of Ayres - The Second Booke, no. 16. [text verified 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2007-11-16
Line count: 28
Word count: 169