by Thomas Stanley (1625 - 1678)
He would not be tempted
Language: English
O Turn away those cruell eyes, The stars of my undoing, Or death in such a bright disguise, May tempt a second wooing: Punish their blind and impious pride, Who dare contemne thy Glory, It was my fall that deifyde Thy name, and seald thy story. Yet no new suffering can prepare A higher praise to crown that, Though my first death proclaime thee fair, My second will unthrone thee. Lovers will doubt thou canst intice No other for thy fuell, And if thou turne one victim twice, Or thinke thee poor, or cruell.
Authorship:
- by Thomas Stanley (1625 - 1678) [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), "He would not be tempted", published 1655 [ voice and continuo ], from The Second Book of Ayres, and Dialogues, no. 6, Confirmed with The Second Book of Ayres and Dialogues, for One, Two, and Three, by Henry Lawes , John Playford, London 1655, Page 7. [sung text checked 1 time]
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