by Katherine Philips (1631 - 1664)
Come, my Lucasia, since we see
Language: English
Come, my Lucasia, since we see That miracles Mens Faith do move, By Wonder and by Prodigy: To the dull angry world let's prove, There's a Religion in our Love. For though we were design'd t'agree, That Fate no Liberty destroys, But our Election is as free As Angels, who with greedy choice Are yet determin'd to their Joys. Our Hearts are doubled by their loss, Here mixture is Addition grown; We both defuse, and both ingross: And we whose Minds are so much one, Never, yet ever are alone. We court our own Captivity Then Thrones more great and innocent: T'were Banishment to be set free, Since we wear Fetters whose intent Not bondage is, but Ornament. Divided Joys are tedious found, And Griefs united easier grow: We are our selves but by rebound, And all our Titles shuffled so, Both Princes, and both Subjects too. Our Hearts are mutual Victims laid, Which they (such Pow'r in friendship lies) Are Altars, Priests, and Off'rings made: And each heart which thus kindly dies, Graces deathless by the Sacrifice.
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View text with all available footnotesConfirmed with The collected works of Katherine Philips : the matchless Orinda edited by , Patrick Thomas, Stump Cross Books, Essex, 1990, Page 90.
Authorship:
- by Katherine Philips (1631 - 1664), "Friendship's Mystery: To my dearest Lucasia" [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 Henry Lawes (c1595 - 1662), "Mutuall Affection betweene Orinda and Lucasia", published 1655 [ voice and continuo ], from The Second Book of Ayres, and Dialogues, no. 31, Confirmed with The Second Book of Ayres and Dialogues, for One, Two, and Three, by Henry Lawes, John Playford, London 1655, Page 26. [sung text checked 1 time]
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