by Elkanah Settle (1648 - 1724)
The plaint
Language: English
Available translation(s): FRE
O, let me forever weep: My eyes no more shall welcome sleep. I'll hide me from the sight of day, And sigh my soul away. He's gone, his loss deplore, And I shall never see him more.
Authorship:
- by Elkanah Settle (1648 - 1724) [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 Henry Purcell (1658/9 - 1695), "The plaint", Z. 629 no. 40 (1692), published 1702, from The Fairy Queen, an operatic adaptation of Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream, no. 40, published in Orpheus Britannicus, Vol. II [text verified 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , title 1: "La plainte", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 37