by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Drop not, mine eyes
Language: English
Drop not, mine eyes, nor trickle down so fast,
For so you could do oft before
In our sad farewells and sweet meetings past.
And shall his death now have no more?
Can niggard sorrow yield no other store
To show the plenty of affliction's smart?
Then only thou, poor heart,
That know'st more reason why,
Pine, fret, consume, swell, burst and die.
Text Authorship:
- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [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 John Danyel (1564 - 1626), "Drop not, mine eyes", from Mrs. M. E. Her Funeral Tears for the Death of her Husband, no. 2. [text verified 1 time]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 9
Word count: 64