by Thomas Campion (1567 - 1620)
Come, you pretty false‑ey'd wanton
Language: English
Come, you pretty false-ey'd wanton, Leaue your crafty smiling : Thinke you to escape me now With slipp'ry words beguiling ? No ; you mockt me th'other day ; When you got loose, you fled away ; But, since I haue caught you now, Ile clip your wings for flying : Smothring kisses fast Ile heape, And keepe you so from crying. Sooner may you count the starres, And number hayle down pouring, Tell the Osiers of the Temmes, Or Goodwins Sands deuouring, Then the thicke-showr'd kisses here Which now thy tyred lips must beare. Such a haruest neuer was, So rich and full of pleasure, But 'tis spent as soone as reapt, So trustlesse is loues treasure. Would it were dumb midnight now, When all the world lyes sleeping : Would this place some Desert were, Which no man hath in keeping. My desires should then be safe, And when you cry'd then would I laugh : But if ought might breed offence, Loue onely should be blamed : I would liue your seruant still, And you my Saint vnnamed.
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), "Come, you pretty false-ey'd wanton", published c1613, from the collection Two Bookes of Ayres - The Second Booke, no. 18. [text verified 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2007-11-16
Line count: 30
Word count: 172