by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Cease mine eyes
Language: English
Cease mine eyes, cease your lamenting, O cease, alas, this your lamenting. In vaine you hope of her hard heart's relenting. O cease your flowing: drop not so fast, O where no grace is growing. See she laughs, she smiles, she plays with joy and gladness; To see your grief and sadness. O Love, thou art abused; Was never true love so scornfully thus used.
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), "Cease mine eyes", published 1593 [ vocal trio a cappella ], from Canzonets, or Little Short Songs to Three Voices, no. 15, London: Thomas Este [sung text checked 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2024-05-10
Line count: 9
Word count: 65