by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
An Elegiack Song, On the Death of Mrs. Elizabeth Sambroke, who Died at Salisbury, April 11. 1655
Language: English
Tell not me my Cælia's dead, And that (as she) our love is fled: Love (as the Soul) no change comes nigh, 'Tis immortall, ne'r can die. Her love abides, though mounted high'r, (For flames ascending do'nt expire;) And my flame (like the light) Which does releeve the night Of the dark sepulchre, (Gilding the shadowes there) Shall ever wake and to my Cælia burn, Constant to the cold Marble, and the Urne.
Authorship:
- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author ( Mr. F. S. )  [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), "An Elegiack Song, On the Death of Mrs. Elizabeth Sambroke, who Died at Salisbury, April 11. 1655", published 1655 [ voice and continuo ], from The Second Book of Ayres, and Dialogues, no. 34, Confirmed with The Second Book of Ayres and Dialogues, for One, Two, and Three, by Henry Lawes, John Playford, London 1655, Page 28. [sung text checked 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2021-12-31
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