by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
A Dialogue between Daphne and Strephon
Language: English
Strephon: Come, my Daphne, come away, We do waste the crystal day. Daphne: 'Tis Strephon calls; what would my love? Strephon: Come follow to the myrtle grove, where Venus shall prepare new chaplets for thy hair. Daphne: Were I shut up within a tree, I'd rend my bark to follow thee. Strephon: My shepherdess make haste, the minutes slide so fast. Daphne: In those cooler shades will I blind as Cupid kiss your eye. Strephon: In thy bosom then I'll stray, in such warm snow who would not lose his way? Both : We'll laugh and leave this world behind, and gods themselves that see shall envy thee and me, but never find such joys when they embrace a deity.
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 William Lawes (1602 - 1645), "A Dialogue between Daphne and Strephon" [text verified 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2010-01-16
Line count: 26
Word count: 120