by Thomas Campion (1567 - 1620)
Song: Goe, happy man
Language: English
A song while the Squires descend with the bough toward the Scene. Goe, happy man, like th'Euening Starre, Whose beames to Bride-groomes well-come are : May neither Hagge nor feind withstand The powre of thy Victorious Hand. The Vncharm'd Knights surrender now, By vertue of thy raised Bough. Away, Enchauntments, Vanish quite, No more delay our longing sight : ' Tis fruitelesse to contend with Fate, Who giues vs pow're against your hate. Braue Knights, in Courtly pompe appeare For now are you long-look't for heere.
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), "Song: Goe, happy man", published 1614, from the collection The Description of a Maske on S. Stephen's Night, no. 2. [text verified 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2007-11-16
Line count: 14
Word count: 85