by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Go nightly cares
Language: English
Go nightly cares, the enemy to rest, Forbear awhile to vex my grieved sprite, So long your weight hath lain upon my breast, That lo I live of life bereaved quite, O give me time to draw my weary breath, Or let me die, as I desire the death. Welcome sweet death, O life, no life, a hell, Then thus, and thus I bid the world farewell. False world farewell the enemy to rest, Now do thy worst, I do not weigh thy spite: Free from thy cares I live for ever blest, Enjoying peace and heav'nly true delight Delight, whom woes nor sorrows shall abate, Nor fears nor tears disturb her happy state And thus I leave thy hopes, thy joys untrue, And thus, and thus vain world again adieu.
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 John Dowland (1562 - 1626), "Go nightly cares", from A Pilgrimes Solace [text verified 1 time]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 131