by Thomas Campion (1567 - 1620)
Vaile, loue, mine eyes
Language: English
Vaile, loue, mine eyes : O hide from me The plagues that charge the curious minde : If beauty priuate will not be, Suffice it yet that she proues kinde. Who can vsurp heau'ns light alone? Stars were not made to shine on one! Griefes past recure fooles try to heale, That greater harmes on lesse inflict, The pure offend by too much zeale, Affection should not be too strict. He that a true embrace will finde, To beauties faults must still be blinde.
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), "Vaile, loue, mine eyes", published 1617, from the collection The Third and Fourth Booke of Ayres - The Fourth Booke, no. 3. [text verified 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2007-11-16
Line count: 12
Word count: 82