by Patrick Hannay (d. 1629?)
Whenas I wake, I dream oft of my dear
Language: English
Whenas I wake, I dream oft of my dear,
And oft am serious with her in my sleep ;
And am oft absent when I am most near,
And near whenas I greatest distance keep.
These wonders love doth work, but yet I find
That love wants power to make my Mistress kind.
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Text Authorship:
- by Patrick Hannay (d. 1629?), "Sonnet" [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 John Jeffreys (1927 - 2010), "To make my mistress kind" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Charles Wilfred Orr (1893 - 1976), "Whenas I wake", 1928, published 1930 [ voice and piano ], from Two 17th Century Poems, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2010-09-08
Line count: 6
Word count: 52