by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Cruel, you pull away too soon
Language: English
Cruel, you pull away to soone your lips, your dainty lips, when as you kisse mee, But you should hould them still and then should you blisse mee, Now or eare I tast them, strait away they hast them, But you perhaps retire them, to move my thoughts thereby the more to fyre them. Alas such baits you need to fynd out never: if you would let mee, (you should not feare) I would kisse you. If you would let mee I would kisse and kisse you ever.
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), "Cruel, you pull away too soon", published 1593 [ vocal trio a cappella ], from Canzonets, or Little Short Songs to Three Voices, no. 3, London: Thomas Este [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2024-05-10
Line count: 15
Word count: 88