by Robert Dodsley (1704 - 1764)
The Reconciling Kiss
Language: English
Why that sadness on thy brow? Why that starting crystal tear? Dearest Polly, let me know, For thy grief I cannot bear. Polly with a sigh reply'd, What need I the cause impart? Did you not this moment chide? And you know it breaks my heart Colin, melting as she spoke, Caught the fair one in his arms; O my dear! I that tender look, Every passion quite disarms: By this dear relenting kiss, I'd no anger in my thought; Come, my love, by this, and this, Let our quarrel be forgot. As when sudden stormy rain, Every drooping flowret spoils; When the sun shines out again, All the face of nature smiles: Polly, so reviv'd and cheer 'd By her Colin's kind embrace, Her declining head up-rear'd. Sweetly smiling in his face.
Confirmed with Trifles, by Robert Dodsley, published by Dodsley and printed at Tully's Head in Pall-mall 1745, Pages 202-209.
Authorship:
- by Robert Dodsley (1704 - 1764), "The Reconciling Kiss", appears in Trifles, in Colin's Kisses, no. 11, Oswald?, London 1743, first published 1743 [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 James Oswald (1710 - 1769), "The Reconciling Kiss", published 1743 [ voice, continuo ], from Colin's Kisses, no. 11, Confirmed with Colin's Kisses, unknown publisher, possibly Oswald, London 1743. [sung text checked 1 time]
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