by Edmund Waller (1608 - 1687)
Stay, Phoebus, stay
Language: English
Stay, Phoebus, stay. The world to which you fly so fast, Conveying day From us to them, can pay your haste With no such object, nor salute your rise With no such wonder as De Mornay's eyes. Well does this prove The error of those antique books, Which made you move About the world; her charming looks Would fix your beams and make it ever day, Did not the rolling earth snatch her away.
Text Authorship:
- by Edmund Waller (1608 - 1687) [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 William Lawes (1602 - 1645), "Stay, Phoebus, stay", from the collection Songs from the Autograph Songbook, no. 41. [text verified 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2013-06-25
Line count: 12
Word count: 74