Dear Pretty Youth (Shadwell, set by H. Purcell) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


 Dear pretty youth, unveil your eyes,
 How can you sleep when I am by?
 Were I with you all night to be,
 Methinks I could from sleep be free.
 Alas, my dear, you're cold as stone:
 You must no longer lie alone.
 But be with me my dear, and I in each arm
 Will hug you close and keep you warm.

Input by Virginia Knight

Authorship

Thomas Shadwell (1642?-1692)

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

Henry Purcell (1658/9-1695)

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