by Thomas Campion (1567 - 1620)
Oft have I sigh'd
Language: English
Oft have I sigh'd for him that hears me not: Who absent hath both love and me forgot. O yet I languish still, through his delay. Days seem as years, when wish'd friends break their day. Had he but lov'd as common lovers use, His faithless stay some kindness would excuse: O yet I languish still, still constand mourn For him that can break vows, but not return.
Text Authorship:
- by Thomas Campion (1567 - 1620), first published 1617 [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 Thomas Campion (1567 - 1620), "Oft have I sigh'd", published 1617, from The Third and Fourth Booke of Ayres - The Third Booke, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by John Theodore Livingston Raynor (1909 - 1970), "Oft have I sigh'd", op. 211 (1948) [ voice and piano ], from Three Melancholy Songs, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 68