by John Dryden (1631 - 1700)
For love ev'ry creature
Language: English
For love ev'ry creature is formed by his nature: No joys are above the pleasures of love.
Authorship:
- by John Dryden (1631 - 1700) [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), "For love ev'ry creature", Z. 628 (1691), from the incidental music to King Arthur or The British Worthy [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 2
Word count: 18