by John Marston (1575? - 1634)
O Love, how strangely sweet
Language: English
O Love, how strangely sweet Are thy weak passions, That Love and Joy should meet In self-same fashions! Oh, who can tell The cause why this should move? But only this: No reason ask of Love.
Authorship:
- by John Marston (1575? - 1634), "O Love, how strangely sweet" [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 Edmunds (1913 - 1986), "O Love, how strangely sweet" [sung text not yet checked]
- by John Theodore Livingston Raynor (1909 - 1970), "O Love, How Strangely Sweet", op. 343 (1952) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2011-04-26
Line count: 8
Word count: 36