Love winged my hopes (Thomas Morley)

Music files

L E G E N D

Disclaimer

How to download

ICON	SOURCE
	Pdf
	Midi
	MusicXML
	Capella
	Noteworthy
	Score Error
	File details
	Help

• (Posted 2017-02-12)  CPDL #43088:         

Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2017-02-12).   Score information: A4, 1 page, 38 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Reformatting of #16204, with corrections.

• (Posted 2008-02-19)  CPDL #16204:         

Editor: Brian Russell (submitted 2008-02-19).   Score information: A4, 2 pages, 43 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: NoteWorthy Composer file may be viewed and printed with NoteWorthy Composer Viewer.

Possible error(s) identified. See the discussion page for full description.

General Information

Title: Love Winged My Hope
Composer: Thomas Morley

Number of voices: 1v   Voicing: T
Genre: Secular, Lute song

Language: English
Instruments: Lute

First published: 1600 in First Book of Ayres, no. 10
Description: 

Original text and translations

English text

Love wing'd my Hopes and taught them how to fly
Far from base earth, but not to mount too high:
For true pleasure
Lives in measure,
Which if men forsake,
Blinded they into folly run and grief for pleasure take.

But my vain Hopes, proud of their new-taught flight,
Enamour'd sought to woo the sun's fair light,
Whose rich brightness
Moved their lightness
To aspire so high
That all scorch'd and consumed with fire now drown'd in woe they lie.

And none but Love their woeful hap doth rue,
For Love doth know that their desires were true;
Though fate frownèd,
And now drownèd
They in sorrow dwell,
It was the purest light of heav'n for whose fair love they fell.