The warning (Rowson, set by J. Hook) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


List to me, ye gentle fair:
Cupid oft in ambush lies,
Of the urchin have a care,
Lest he take you by surprise.

He with trifles will inflame 
The hearts of us poor silly maids,
And oft-times he takes his aim
From shoulder knots and smart cockades.

Oft his darts the heart assail
From a pair of brilliant eyes;
Never were they known to fail,
Wet with tears or borne on sighs.

Beauteous too he seems to be,
Sweet as roses in the morn;
But beneath these beauties he,
Like the rose, conceals a thorn.

List to me, ye gentle fair:
Cupid oft in ambush lies,
Of the urchin have a care,
Lest he take you by surprise.

Authorship

Mrs. Rowson (1762-1824)

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

James Hook (1746-1827)

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