by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
You black bright stars
Language: English
You black bright stars, that shine while daylight lasteth, Ah, why haste you away when night time hasteth? In darker nights the stars seem still the lighter, On me shine then a night with your heams brighter. Beams that are cause my heart hath so aspired, Fire mounts aloft and they my heart have fired.
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), "You black bright stars", published 1597 [ vocal quintet, lute ], from Canzonets or Litle Short Aers to Five and Six Voices, no. 16, London: Peter Short [sung text checked 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2024-05-10
Line count: 6
Word count: 55