by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
False love did me inveigle
Language: English
False love did me inveigle, And she like to the Eagle, Upon my breast, ay tiring, Permits me no respiring. Then would she once but bill me by the lips and so kill me. O but Calisto teareth, My heart out like the Bear whose name she beareth.
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 Thomas Morley (1557 - 1602), "False love did me inveigle", published 1597 [ vocal quintet a cappella ], from Canzonets or Litle Short Aers to Five and Six Voices, no. 2, London: Peter Short [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2024-05-10
Line count: 9
Word count: 48