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by Henry Hughes (c1602 - c1652)

Loves Martyr
Language: English 
How long shall I a Martyr be, 
To love and womans cruelty? 
Or why doth sullen Fate confine 
My heart to one that is not mine: 
Had I ere lov'd as others doe, 
But only for an houre or two 
Then there had store of reason bin, 
Why I should suffer for my sin. 

But love thou knowest with what a flame
I have ador'd my mistris name:
How I neer offered other fires,
But such as rose from chaste desires:
Nor have I ere prophaned thy shrine
With an inconstant fickle minde;
Yet thou combining with my Fate,
Hath forc't my love and her to hate.

O Love if her supremacy
Have not a greater power then thee
For pities sake then once be kinde,
And throw a dart to change her minde;
Thy deity we shall suspect,
If our reward must be neglect.
Then make her love or let me bee
Inspir'd with scorne as well as she.

Text Authorship:

  • by Henry Hughes (c1602 - c1652) [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 Henry Lawes (c1595 - 1662), "Loves Martyr", published 1655 [ voice and continuo ], from The Second Book of Ayres, and Dialogues, no. 12, Confirmed with The Second Book of Ayres and Dialogues, for One, Two, and Three, by Henry Lawes , John Playford, London 1655, Page 11. [sung text checked 1 time]

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This text was added to the website: 2021-12-30
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