possibly by Christopher Hatton, Sir (1581 - 1619)

Ah, dear heart, why do you rise?
Language: English 
Ah, dear heart, why do you rise?
The light that shines comes from your eyes,
The day breaks not, it is my heart,
To think that you and I must part.
O stay, or else my joys will die,
And perish in their infancy. 
Thus march we playing to our latest rest,
Only we die in earnest, that's no jest.

Text Authorship:

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by Orlando Gibbons (1583 - 1625), "Ah, dear heart, why do you rise?", published 1612 [ sattb chorus ], from First Set of Madrigals, no. 15, Verified with The First Sett of Madrigals and Mottets of 5. parts: apt for Viols and Voyces by Orlando Gibbons, Thomas Snodham, London 1612.
        Score: IMSLP [external link]  [sung text checked 1 time]

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