by Thomas Campion (1567 - 1620)
Rose cheek'd Laura, come
Language: English
Rose cheek'd Laura, come, Sing thou [sweetly]1 with thy beauty's Silent music, either other Sweetly gracing. Lovely forms do flow From [concent]2 divinely framed: Heaven is music, and thy beauty's Birth is heav'nly. These dull notes we sing Discords need for helps to grace them; Only beauty purely loving Knows no discord, But still moves delight, Like clear springs renew'd by flowing, Ever perfect, ever in them- Selves eternal.
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Authorship:
- by Thomas Campion (1567 - 1620), no title, first published 1602 [author's text checked 1 time 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), "Rose cheek'd Laura, come" [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Ivor (Bertie) Gurney (1890 - 1937), "Rose cheek'd Laura, come", alternate title: "Silent music", 1921-1922 [ voice and piano ], revised 1926 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Virgil Garnett Thomson (1896 - 1989), "Rose cheek'd Laura, come", from Four songs to poems of Thomas Campion, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2008-10-17
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Word count: 70