by John Crowne (1640? - 1712)
The foolish maid
Language: English
O fye, what mean I, foolish maid, In this remote and silent shade To meet with you alone? My heart does with the place combine, And both are more your friends than mine. Oh, oh, oh! I shall be undone. A savage beast I would not fear, Or should I meet with villains here I to some cave would run But such enchanting art you show, I cannot strive, I cannot go. Oh, oh, oh! I shall be undone. Ah, give your sweet temptations o'er, I'll touch those dang'rous lips no more. What, must we yet fool on? Ah, now I yield, ah, now I fall, Ah now I have no breath at all, And now I'm quite undone.
Text Authorship:
- by John Crowne (1640? - 1712) [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 John Eccles (1668 - 1735), "The foolish maid", 1694, from the [a play]
incidental music The Married Beau [
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Line count: 18
Word count: 119