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by Thomas Campion (1567 - 1620)

Neuer loue vnlesse you can
Language: English 
Neuer loue vnlesse you can
Beare with all the faults of man :
Men sometimes will iealous bee,
Though but little cause they see ;
    And hang the head, as discontent,
    And speak what straight they will repent.

Men that but one Saint adore,
Make a shew of loue to more :
Beauty must be scorn'd in none,
Though but truely seru'd in one :
    For what is courtship but disguise?
    True hearts may haue dissembling eyes.

Men when their affaires require,
Must a while themselues retire :
Sometimes hunt, and sometimes hawke,
And not euer sit and talke.
    If these, and such like you can beare,
    Then like, and loue, and neuer fear.

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), "Neuer loue vnlesse you can", published 1617, from the collection The Third and Fourth Booke of Ayres - The Third Booke, no. 14. [
     text verified 1 time
    ]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2007-11-16
Line count: 18
Word count: 109

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