by John Fletcher (1579 - 1625)
Weep no more, nor sigh, nor groan
Language: English
Weep no more, nor sigh, nor groan, Sorrow calls no time that's gone: Violets pluck'd, the sweetest rain Makes not fresh nor grow again. Trim thy locks, look cheerfully; Fate's hid ends eyes can not see. Joys as wingèd dreams fly fast, Why should sadness longer last? Grief is but a wound to woe; Gentlest fair, mourn, mourn no more.
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Text Authorship:
- by John Fletcher (1579 - 1625), appears in The Queen of Corinth, first published 1617 [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 Nina d'Aubigny von Engelbrunner (b. 1777), "Weep no more", published 1806? [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Peter Warlock (1894 - 1930), "Mourn no more", 1919, published 1920 [ voice and piano or string quartet ] [sung text checked 1 time]
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