by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Those lovers only happy are
Language: English
Those lovers only happy are That still despair. The restless souls that hope and fear In tempests live. Each smile or frown Like surges toss them up and down, And if they e'er Attain the port, they shipwreck there And sink their love though they escape, For beauty shape, And all those sweets which they before Did with so much delight adore, If tasted, they esteem no more And once enjoyed They are no sooner pleased than cloyed. But he that dares his heart prefers To worship her Whose eyes divine fire doth not burn But all love into wonder turn. Blest in his objects glories are, And their despair Secures that bliss from all impair.
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 William Lawes (1602 - 1645), "Those lovers only happy are", from the collection Songs from the Autograph Songbook, no. 44. [text verified 1 time]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2013-06-25
Line count: 21
Word count: 116